earful vs upbraiding

earful and upbraiding both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
earful	Yes	No	No	No
upbraiding	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, earful and upbraiding are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of earful include bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, going-over.

earful (noun)	upbraiding (noun)
a severe scolding	a severe scolding
an outpouring of gossip