spite vs affront

spite and affront both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spite	Yes	No	Yes	No
affront	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, affront is a hyponym of spite; that is, affront is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than spite:

Other hyponyms of spite include diss, insult, lacerate, sting, abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify.

spite (noun)	affront (noun)
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty	a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
feeling a need to see others suffer

spite (verb)	affront (verb)
hurt the feelings of	treat, mention, or speak to rudely