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lashing vs licking

licking vs lashing

lashing and licking both are nouns.

lashing is an adjective but licking is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lashing Yes Yes No No
licking Yes No No No
As nouns, licking is a hypernym of lashing; that is, licking is a word with a broader meaning than lashing:
  • lashing: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
  • licking: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Other hypernyms of lashing include beating, drubbing, lacing, thrashing, trouncing, whacking.
lashing (noun) licking (noun)
beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
rope that is used for fastening something to something else an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
lashing (adjective) licking (adjective)
violently urging on by whipping or flogging
Difference between lashing and licking

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