smart vs sting

smart and sting both are nouns.

smart is an adjective but sting is not an adjective.

smart and sting both are verbs.

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

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

smart: be the source of pain
sting: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

Other hyponyms of smart include bite, burn, burn, itch, hunger, thirst, act up, throb, shoot.

smart (noun)	sting (noun)
a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore	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

smart (adjective)	sting (adjective)
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
capable of independent and apparently intelligent action
quick and brisk
improperly forward or bold
characterized by quickness and ease in learning
painfully severe
elegant and stylish

smart (verb)	sting (verb)
be the source of pain	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 smart and sting

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