What's the difference between noviciate and novitiate?

Noviciate

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(n.) The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.
(n.) Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.
(n.) One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice.
(n.) The place where novices live or are trained.

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(1) Despite control for sex-typed handwriting cues in the second study, 8 male novitiates' responses were assessed as less empathic than those of 8 females.