nuisance vs infliction

nuisance and infliction both are nouns.

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

As nouns, infliction is a hypernym of nuisance; that is, infliction is a word with a broader meaning than nuisance:

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

Other hypernyms of nuisance include annoyance, bother, botheration, nuisance, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck.

As nouns, nuisance and infliction are synonyms defined as:

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

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

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