flogging vs lacing

flogging and lacing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flogging	Yes	No	No	No
lacing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lacing is a hypernym of flogging; that is, lacing is a word with a broader meaning than flogging:

Other hypernyms of flogging include beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking.

flogging (noun)	lacing (noun)
beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment	the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
	a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
	a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage