trounce vs work over

trounce and work over both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trounce	No	No	Yes	No
work over	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, work over is a hypernym of trounce; that is, work over is a word with a broader meaning than trounce:

trounce: beat severely with a whip or rod
work over: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Other hypernyms of trounce include beat, beat up.

trounce (verb)	work over (verb)
censure severely or angrily	give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
beat severely with a whip or rod