larrup vs work over

larrup and work over both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of larrup include beat, beat up.

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