lick vs sediment

lick and sediment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lick	Yes	No	Yes	No
sediment	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, sediment is a hypernym of lick; that is, sediment is a word with a broader meaning than lick:

Other hypernyms of lick include deposit.

lick (noun)	sediment (noun)
touching with the tongue	matter that has been deposited by some natural process
(boxing) a blow with the fist
a salt deposit that animals regularly lick

lick (verb)	sediment (verb)
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of	settle as sediment
take up with the tongue	deposit as a sediment
pass the tongue over
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight