sediment vs lick

sediment and lick both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sediment	Yes	No	Yes	No
lick	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

sediment (noun)	lick (noun)
matter that has been deposited by some natural process	touching with the tongue
	(boxing) a blow with the fist
	a salt deposit that animals regularly lick

sediment (verb)	lick (verb)
settle as sediment	find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
deposit as a sediment	take up with the tongue
	pass the tongue over
	beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight