debacle vs trouncing

debacle and trouncing both are nouns.

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

As nouns, debacle and trouncing are synonyms defined as:

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

debacle (noun)	trouncing (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