licking vs trouncing

licking and trouncing both are nouns.

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

As nouns, licking and trouncing are synonyms defined as:

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

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

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

licking (noun)	trouncing (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