fraud vs sting

fraud and sting both are nouns.

fraud is not a verb while sting is a verb.

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

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

fraud: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
sting: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Other hyponyms of fraud include cozenage, scam, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, gip, gyp, pyramiding, holdout, swiz, shell game, thimblerig.

fraud (noun)	sting (noun)
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person	a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage	operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme	a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
a person who makes deceitful pretenses	a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
	a mental pain or distress

fraud (verb)	sting (verb)
	saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
	deliver a sting to
	cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
	cause a stinging pain
	cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

Difference between fraud and sting

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