spite vs sting

spite and sting both are nouns.

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

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

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

spite (noun)	sting (noun)
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty	a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
feeling a need to see others suffer	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

spite (verb)	sting (verb)
hurt the feelings of	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