excruciation vs pain

excruciation and pain both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excruciation	Yes	No	No	No
pain	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, pain is a hypernym of excruciation; that is, pain is a word with a broader meaning than excruciation:

Other hypernyms of excruciation include hurting.

excruciation (noun)	pain (noun)
the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering	a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
a state of acute pain	something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
	emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
	a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

excruciation (verb)	pain (verb)
	cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
	cause emotional anguish or make miserable