complication vs hindrance

complication and hindrance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
complication	Yes	No	No	No
hindrance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hindrance is a hypernym of complication; that is, hindrance is a word with a broader meaning than complication:

Other hypernyms of complication include hinderance, interference.

complication (noun)	hindrance (noun)
the act or process of complicating	the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
puzzling complexity	any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
a development that complicates a situation	something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
a situation or condition that is complex or confused
any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease