licking vs corporal punishment

licking and corporal punishment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
licking	Yes	No	No	No
corporal punishment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, corporal punishment is a hypernym of licking; that is, corporal punishment is a word with a broader meaning than licking:

licking: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
corporal punishment: the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime

licking (noun)	corporal punishment (noun)
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows	the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest