flashlight vs torch

flashlight and torch both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flashlight	Yes	No	No	No
torch	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, flashlight and torch are synonyms defined as:

flashlight (noun)	torch (noun)
a small portable battery-powered electric lamp	a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
	a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
	a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
	tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

flashlight (verb)	torch (verb)
	burn maliciously, as by arson