sectionalism vs partisanship

sectionalism and partisanship both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sectionalism	Yes	No	No	No
partisanship	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, partisanship is a hypernym of sectionalism; that is, partisanship is a word with a broader meaning than sectionalism:

sectionalism: a partiality for some particular place
partisanship: an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

Other hypernyms of sectionalism include partiality.

sectionalism (noun)	partisanship (noun)
a partiality for some particular place	an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives