leather vs lash

leather and lash both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
leather	Yes	No	Yes	No
lash	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, lash is a hypernym of leather; that is, lash is a word with a broader meaning than leather:

Other hypernyms of leather include flog, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip.

leather (noun)	lash (noun)
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning	a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
	leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
	any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

leather (verb)	lash (verb)
whip with a leather strap	strike as if by whipping
	beat severely with a whip or rod
	bind with a rope, chain, or cord
	lash or flick about sharply