throe vs suffering

throe and suffering both are nouns.

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

As nouns, suffering is a hypernym of throe; that is, suffering is a word with a broader meaning than throe:

Other hypernyms of throe include agony, excruciation.

throe (noun)	suffering (noun)
severe spasm of pain	feelings of mental or physical pain
hard or painful trouble or struggle	psychological suffering
	a state of acute pain
	misery resulting from affliction

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