sacrilege vs violation

sacrilege and violation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sacrilege	Yes	No	No	No
violation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, violation is a hypernym of sacrilege; that is, violation is a word with a broader meaning than sacrilege:

sacrilege: blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
violation: a disrespectful act

Other hypernyms of sacrilege include irreverence.

sacrilege (noun)	violation (noun)
blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character	a crime less serious than a felony
	entry to another's property without right or permission
	the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
	a disrespectful act
	an act that disregards an agreement or a right