whipping vs drubbing

whipping and drubbing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
whipping	Yes	Yes	No	No
drubbing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, drubbing is a hypernym of whipping; that is, drubbing is a word with a broader meaning than whipping:

Other hypernyms of whipping include beating, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking.

As nouns, whipping and drubbing are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of whipping include debacle, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping.

whipping (noun)	drubbing (noun)
beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment	the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
the act of overcoming or outdoing	a sound defeat
a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
a sound defeat

whipping (adjective)	drubbing (adjective)
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