torture vs suffering

torture and suffering both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of torture include hurt.

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

Other hypernyms of torture include distress, hurt.

torture (noun)	suffering (noun)
the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason	feelings of mental or physical pain
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean	psychological suffering
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain	a state of acute pain
extreme mental distress	misery resulting from affliction
unbearable physical pain

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

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