soreness vs pain

soreness and pain both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
soreness	Yes	No	No	No
pain	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, pain is a hypernym of soreness; that is, pain is a word with a broader meaning than soreness:

Other hypernyms of soreness include hurting.

soreness (noun)	pain (noun)
an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress	a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)	something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
	emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
	a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

soreness (verb)	pain (verb)
	cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
	cause emotional anguish or make miserable