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I disagree, i thought touch was specifically the recognition of having contact with another object while pain was the recognition of having damage inflicted upon you. I know nothing about the senses though, so I could just be an idiot.
They are handled by two different systems so you're correct. Basically you cannot stimulate a "touch" nerve cell into feeling pain, no matter how much stimulance. The pain nerve cells in turn have a certain treshold for sending out signals.

Then again itching got separate nervcells so that is also a sense if you start to be thorough.