checkmate vs trounce

checkmate is a noun but trounce is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
checkmate	Yes	No	Yes	No
trounce	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, trounce is a hypernym of checkmate; that is, trounce is a word with a broader meaning than checkmate:

checkmate: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
trounce: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Other hypernyms of checkmate include beat, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish.

checkmate (noun)	trounce (noun)
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
complete victory

checkmate (verb)	trounce (verb)
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game	censure severely or angrily
	come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
	beat severely with a whip or rod