Ulama and Ulema

Ulama noun - The body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community.

Ulema is a synonym for ulama. In some cases you can use "Ulema" instead a noun "Ulama".

Ulema noun - The body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community.

Ulama is a synonym for ulema. You can use "Ulama" instead a noun "Ulema".