debacle vs drubbing

debacle and drubbing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
debacle	Yes	No	No	No
drubbing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, debacle and drubbing are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of debacle include slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping.

debacle (noun)	drubbing (noun)
a sound defeat	the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
a sudden and violent collapse	a sound defeat
flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer