infliction vs nuisance

infliction and nuisance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
infliction	Yes	No	No	No
nuisance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, infliction and nuisance are synonyms defined as:

infliction and nuisance: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

Other synonyms of infliction include annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck.

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

infliction: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
nuisance: (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

Other hyponyms of infliction include irritant, thorn, plague.

infliction (noun)	nuisance (noun)
the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)	(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
an act causing pain or damage	something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness