counterinsurgency vs struggle

counterinsurgency and struggle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
counterinsurgency	Yes	No	No	No
struggle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, struggle is a hypernym of counterinsurgency; that is, struggle is a word with a broader meaning than counterinsurgency:

Other hypernyms of counterinsurgency include battle, conflict.

counterinsurgency (noun)	struggle (noun)
actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency	strenuous effort
	an energetic attempt to achieve something
	an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

counterinsurgency (verb)	struggle (verb)
	be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
	to exert strenuous effort against opposition
	climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
	make a strenuous or labored effort