licking vs rout

rout vs licking

licking and rout both are nouns.

licking is not a verb while rout is a verb.

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

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

licking: an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
rout: an overwhelming defeat

Other hyponyms of licking include heartbreaker, lurch, shutout, skunk, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping, waterloo, whitewash.

licking (noun)	rout (noun)
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows	an overwhelming defeat
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest	a disorderly crowd of people

licking (verb)	rout (verb)
	cause to flee
	defeat disastrously
	make a groove in
	dig with the snout

Difference between licking and rout

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