nuisance vs thorn

nuisance and thorn both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of nuisance include nuisance, irritant, plague.

nuisance (noun)	thorn (noun)
(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive	something that causes irritation and annoyance
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness	a Germanic character of runic origin
	a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf