thrashing vs licking

thrashing and licking both are nouns.

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

As nouns, thrashing and licking are synonyms defined as:

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of thrashing include defeat.

thrashing (noun)	licking (noun)
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows	the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
a sound defeat	an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest