leather vs trounce

leather is a noun but trounce is not a noun.

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

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

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

leather (noun)	trounce (noun)
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning

leather (verb)	trounce (verb)
whip with a leather strap	censure severely or angrily
	come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
	beat severely with a whip or rod