anguish vs torture

anguish and torture both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anguish	Yes	No	Yes	No
torture	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, anguish and torture are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of anguish include torment.

As verbs, torture is a hyponym of anguish; that is, torture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than anguish:

Other hyponyms of anguish include break someone's heart, agonise, agonize, try, excruciate, rack, torment.

anguish (noun)	torture (noun)
extreme mental distress	the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
extreme distress of body or mind	the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
	intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
	extreme mental distress
	unbearable physical pain

anguish (verb)	torture (verb)
cause emotional anguish or make miserable	subject to torture
suffer great pains or distress	torment emotionally or mentally