drubbing vs licking

drubbing and licking both are nouns.

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

As nouns, drubbing and licking are synonyms defined as:

drubbing and licking: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Other synonyms of drubbing include beating, lacing, thrashing, trouncing, whacking.

As nouns, licking is a hypernym of drubbing; that is, licking is a word with a broader meaning than drubbing:

Other hypernyms of drubbing include defeat.

drubbing (noun)	licking (noun)
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows	the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
a sound defeat	an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest