adversity vs affliction

adversity and affliction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adversity	Yes	No	No	No
affliction	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of adversity include ill-being, catastrophe, disaster, extremity, distress, victimization, low-water mark, nadir.

adversity (noun)	affliction (noun)
a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event	a cause of great suffering and distress
a state of misfortune or affliction	a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
	a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity