photophobia vs hurting

photophobia and hurting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
photophobia	Yes	No	No	No
hurting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hurting is a hypernym of photophobia; that is, hurting is a word with a broader meaning than photophobia:

photophobia: pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism)
hurting: a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

Other hypernyms of photophobia include pain.

photophobia (noun)	hurting (noun)
pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism)	a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
a morbid fear of light