licking vs lacing

licking and lacing both are nouns.

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

As nouns, licking and lacing are synonyms defined as:

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

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

licking (noun)	lacing (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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
	a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage