straining vs misrepresentation

straining and misrepresentation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
straining	Yes	Yes	No	No
misrepresentation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, misrepresentation is a hypernym of straining; that is, misrepresentation is a word with a broader meaning than straining:

straining: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
misrepresentation: a willful perversion of facts

Other hypernyms of straining include falsification.

straining (noun)	misrepresentation (noun)
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean	a willful perversion of facts
an intense or violent exertion	a misleading falsehood

straining (adjective)	misrepresentation (adjective)
taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance