violation vs sacrilege

violation and sacrilege both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of violation include blasphemy, desecration, profanation.

violation (noun)	sacrilege (noun)
a crime less serious than a felony	blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
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