hardship vs distress

hardship and distress both are nouns.

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

As nouns, distress is a hyponym of hardship; that is, distress is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hardship:

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

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