tormenter vs cuss

tormenter and cuss both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tormenter	Yes	No	No	No
cuss	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of tormenter include harasser, blighter, gadfly, pest, pesterer, tantaliser, tantalizer, witch-hunter.

tormenter (noun)	cuss (noun)
a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings	profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
someone who torments	a persistently annoying person
	a boy or man

tormenter (verb)	cuss (verb)
	utter obscenities or profanities