slaughter vs licking

slaughter and licking both are nouns.

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

As nouns, licking is a hypernym of slaughter; that is, licking is a word with a broader meaning than slaughter:

Other hypernyms of slaughter include defeat.

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

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