wad vs torrent

wad and torrent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wad	Yes	No	Yes	No
torrent	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of wad include deluge, flood, inundation, haymow.

wad (noun)	torrent (noun)
a wad of something chewable as tobacco	a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent	a heavy rain
a small mass of soft material	an overwhelming number or amount

wad (verb)	torrent (verb)
crowd or pack to capacity
compress into a wad