distress vs hardship

distress and hardship both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distress	Yes	No	Yes	No
hardship	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hardship is a hypernym of distress; that is, hardship is a word with a broader meaning than distress:

Other hypernyms of distress include adversity, hard knocks.

distress (noun)	hardship (noun)
the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim	something hard to endure
psychological suffering	something that causes or entails suffering
extreme physical pain	a state of misfortune or affliction
a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

distress (verb)	hardship (verb)
cause mental pain to
bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship