licking vs slaughter

licking and slaughter both are nouns.

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

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

licking (noun)	slaughter (noun)
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows	the killing of animals (as for food)
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest	the savage and excessive killing of many people
	a sound defeat

licking (verb)	slaughter (verb)
	kill a large number of people indiscriminately
	kill (animals) usually for food consumption