trade protection vs infliction

trade protection and infliction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trade protection	Yes	No	No	No
infliction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, infliction is a hypernym of trade protection; that is, infliction is a word with a broader meaning than trade protection:

trade protection: the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition
infliction: the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

Other hypernyms of trade protection include imposition.

trade protection (noun)	infliction (noun)
the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition	the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
	an act causing pain or damage
	something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness