hard cheese vs misfortune

hard cheese and misfortune both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hard cheese	Yes	No	No	No
misfortune	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, misfortune is a hypernym of hard cheese; that is, misfortune is a word with a broader meaning than hard cheese:

Other hypernyms of hard cheese include bad luck, ill luck, tough luck.

hard cheese (noun)	misfortune (noun)
bad luck	unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
	an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes