licking vs thrashing

licking and thrashing both are nouns.

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

As nouns, licking and thrashing are synonyms defined as:

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

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

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

licking (noun)	thrashing (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