bruise vs sting

sting vs bruise

bruise and sting both are nouns.

bruise and sting both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bruise	Yes	No	Yes	No
sting	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

bruise: hurt the feelings of
sting: cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

Other hyponyms of bruise include affront, diss, insult, lacerate, abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify.

bruise (noun)	sting (noun)
an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration	a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
	operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
	a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
	a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
	a mental pain or distress

bruise (verb)	sting (verb)
damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure	saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
break up into small pieces for food preparation	deliver a sting to
injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of	cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
hurt the feelings of	cause a stinging pain
	cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

Difference between bruise and sting

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