discomfort vs suffering

discomfort and suffering both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
discomfort	Yes	No	No	No
suffering	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, suffering is a hypernym of discomfort; that is, suffering is a word with a broader meaning than discomfort:

Other hypernyms of discomfort include hurt.

discomfort (noun)	suffering (noun)
an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress	feelings of mental or physical pain
the state of being tense and feeling pain	psychological suffering
	a state of acute pain
	misery resulting from affliction

discomfort (adjective)	suffering (adjective)
	troubled by pain or loss
	very unhappy; full of misery