licking vs debacle

licking and debacle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
licking	Yes	No	No	No
debacle	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, debacle is a hyponym of licking; that is, debacle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than licking:

licking (noun)	debacle (noun)
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows	a sound defeat
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest	a sudden and violent collapse
	flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer