suffering vs torment

suffering and torment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
suffering	Yes	Yes	No	No
torment	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, torment is a hyponym of suffering; that is, torment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than suffering:

Other hyponyms of suffering include agony, torture, throes, discomfort, irritation, soreness.

As nouns, torment is a hyponym of suffering; that is, torment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than suffering:

Other hyponyms of suffering include anguish, torture, self-torment, self-torture, tsoris, wound.

suffering (noun)	torment (noun)
feelings of mental or physical pain	the act of harassing someone
psychological suffering	a severe affliction
a state of acute pain	intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
misery resulting from affliction	extreme mental distress
	a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
	unbearable physical pain

suffering (adjective)	torment (adjective)
troubled by pain or loss
very unhappy; full of misery

suffering (verb)	torment (verb)
	subject to torture
	torment emotionally or mentally
	treat cruelly