yes, there is. hurl --> stronger force. example, my wife hurled the plate towards me because she was angry. ( wife being angry threw the plate strongly or forcefully. Sorry for the example. cannot think of anything else right now.) throw -> I threw the can into the trash bin. (you dont hurl the can into the trash bin simply because you dont have to.) NOTE: Hurl means throwing with strong or great force--usually for far distances.

Yes. To hurl means to throw something with a lot of force, especially because you are angry. To throw means to make an object move quickly through the air by pushing your hand forward quickly and letting the object go.

They mean the same thing. You can throw something just as hard (or fast) as you can hurl something. The main difference would be the context in which the words would be used. That is, in some contexts, one word might be more usual than the other, and thus sound more natural. But there is no difference in meaning. And "to hurl" can be used with no notion of anger. Except that, as stated above, "To hurl" is also slang for "to vomit." But "to throw" is not slang for "to vomit."

[ My two cents ] I tend to visualize "throw" as a baseball pitch, an overhanded action. Because "hurl" is also a slang for "vomit", I tend to visualize "hurl" as a two handed throwing action.