larrup vs beat up

larrup and beat up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
larrup	No	No	Yes	No
beat up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, beat up is a hypernym of larrup; that is, beat up is a word with a broader meaning than larrup:

larrup: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
beat up: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Other hypernyms of larrup include beat, work over.

larrup (verb)	beat up (verb)
give a spanking to; subject to a spanking	gather
	give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression