welt vs cowhide

welt and cowhide both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
welt	Yes	No	Yes	No
cowhide	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cowhide is a hyponym of welt; that is, cowhide is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than welt:

Other hyponyms of welt include flagellate, scourge, leather, horsewhip, switch, cat, birch.

welt (noun)	cowhide (noun)
a raised or strengthened seam	a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow
a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions	leather made from the hide of a cow
	the hide of a cow

welt (verb)	cowhide (verb)
put a welt on	flog with a cowhide
beat severely with a whip or rod