jihad vs nisus

jihad and nisus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
jihad	Yes	No	No	No
nisus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nisus is a hypernym of jihad; that is, nisus is a word with a broader meaning than jihad:

jihad: a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal
nisus: an effortful attempt to attain a goal

Other hypernyms of jihad include pains, strain, striving.

jihad (noun)	nisus (noun)
a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal	an effortful attempt to attain a goal