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hurt vs sting

sting vs hurt

hurt and sting both are nouns.

hurt is an adjective but sting is not an adjective.

hurt and sting both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hurt Yes Yes Yes No
sting Yes No Yes No
As nouns, sting is a hyponym of hurt; that is, sting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
  • sting: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
Other hyponyms of hurt include brain damage, birth trauma, blast trauma, bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, blunt trauma, bruise, contusion, bump, burn, dislocation, electric shock, break, fracture, cryopathy, frostbite, intravasation, penetrating injury, penetrating trauma, pinch, rupture, bite, insect bite, strain, whiplash, whiplash injury, wale, weal, welt, wheal, lesion, wound, pull, twist, wrench.
As verbs, sting is a hyponym of hurt; that is, sting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: hurt the feelings of
  • sting: cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
Other hyponyms of hurt include affront, diss, insult, lacerate, abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify.
As verbs, sting is a hyponym of hurt; that is, sting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: be the source of pain
  • sting: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
Other hyponyms of hurt include bite, burn, burn, itch, hunger, thirst, act up, throb, shoot.
As verbs, sting is a hyponym of hurt; that is, sting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hurt:
  • hurt: feel physical pain
  • sting: cause a stinging pain
Other hyponyms of hurt include catch, get, twinge, prick, twinge, kill.
hurt (noun) sting (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
a damage or loss operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
feelings of mental or physical pain a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
psychological suffering a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury a mental pain or distress
hurt (adjective) sting (adjective)
damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value
suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
hurt (verb) sting (verb)
give trouble or pain to saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
be in pain deliver a sting to
cause damage or affect negatively cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
hurt the feelings of cause a stinging pain
cause emotional anguish or make miserable cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
be the source of pain
feel physical pain
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