cowhide vs trounce

cowhide is a noun but trounce is not a noun.

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

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

Other hypernyms of cowhide include flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, welt, whip.

cowhide (noun)	trounce (noun)
a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow
leather made from the hide of a cow
the hide of a cow

cowhide (verb)	trounce (verb)
flog with a cowhide	censure severely or angrily
	come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
	beat severely with a whip or rod