sting vs harm

sting and harm both are nouns.

sting and harm both are verbs.

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

As nouns, harm is a hypernym of sting; that is, harm is a word with a broader meaning than sting:

sting: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
harm: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

Other hypernyms of sting include hurt, injury, trauma.

sting (noun)	harm (noun)
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property	the act of damaging something or someone
operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act	the occurrence of a change for the worse
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung	any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
a mental pain or distress

sting (verb)	harm (verb)
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous	cause or do harm to
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 sting and harm

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