sect vs Karaites

Karaites vs sect

sect and Karaites both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sect	Yes	No	No	No
Karaites	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Karaites is a hyponym of sect; that is, Karaites is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sect:

sect: a subdivision of a larger religious group
Karaites: a Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century

Other hyponyms of sect include sisterhood, Albigenses, Cathari, Cathars, High Anglican Church, High Church, Abecedarian, Amish sect, Shia, Shiah, Shiah Islam, Sunni, Sunni Islam, Shivaism, Sivaism, Saktism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism, Haredi, Hare Krishna, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON, Jainism, Taoism, Kokka, Kokka Shinto, Shua, Shuha Shinto, brethren, monastic order, order, Quakers, Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends, Shakers, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, Vaudois, Waldenses, Zurvanism, Babism.

sect (noun)	Karaites (noun)
a dissenting clique	a Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century
a subdivision of a larger religious group

Difference between sect and Karaites

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