licking vs finish

finish vs licking

licking and finish both are nouns.

licking is not a verb while finish is a verb.

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

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

licking: an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
finish: event whose occurrence ends something

Other hypernyms of licking include conclusion, ending, failure.

licking (noun)	finish (noun)
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows	the act of finishing
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest	a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
	(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
	designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
	the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
	event whose occurrence ends something
	the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
	a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
	the temporal end; the concluding time

licking (verb)	finish (verb)
	finally be or do something
	come or bring to a finish or an end
	cause to finish a relationship with somebody
	finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
	provide with a finish
	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Difference between licking and finish

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