sisterhood vs sect

sisterhood and sect both are nouns.

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

As nouns, sect is a hypernym of sisterhood; that is, sect is a word with a broader meaning than sisterhood:

sisterhood: a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)
sect: a subdivision of a larger religious group

Other hypernyms of sisterhood include religious order, religious sect.

sisterhood (noun)	sect (noun)
a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)	a dissenting clique
an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest	a subdivision of a larger religious group
the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings