lick vs touching

lick and touching both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of lick include touch.

lick (noun)	touching (noun)
touching with the tongue	the act of putting two things together with no space between them
(boxing) a blow with the fist	the event of something coming in contact with the body
a salt deposit that animals regularly lick

lick (adjective)	touching (adjective)
	arousing affect

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