lambaste vs work over

lambaste and work over both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lambaste	No	No	Yes	No
work over	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, work over is a hypernym of lambaste; that is, work over is a word with a broader meaning than lambaste:

lambaste: beat with a cane
work over: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Other hypernyms of lambaste include beat, beat up.

lambaste (verb)	work over (verb)
censure severely or angrily	give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
beat with a cane