get the best vs trounce

get the best and trounce both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
get the best	No	No	Yes	No
trounce	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, trounce is a hypernym of get the best; that is, trounce is a word with a broader meaning than get the best:

get the best: overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
trounce: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Other hypernyms of get the best include beat, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish.

get the best (verb)	trounce (verb)
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome	censure severely or angrily
	come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
	beat severely with a whip or rod