licking vs drubbing

licking and drubbing both are nouns.

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

As nouns, licking and drubbing are synonyms defined as:

licking and drubbing: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Other synonyms of licking include beating, lacing, thrashing, trouncing, whacking.

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

licking (noun)	drubbing (noun)
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows	the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest	a sound defeat