failure vs licking

failure and licking both are nouns.

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

As nouns, licking is a hyponym of failure; that is, licking is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than failure:

failure (noun)	licking (noun)
an act that fails	the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
an unexpected omission	an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
lack of success
loss of ability to function normally
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due