pinprick vs botheration

pinprick and botheration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pinprick	Yes	No	No	No
botheration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, botheration is a hypernym of pinprick; that is, botheration is a word with a broader meaning than pinprick:

Other hypernyms of pinprick include annoyance, irritation, vexation.

pinprick (noun)	botheration (noun)
small puncture (as if made by a pin)	something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
a minor annoyance	the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed