sting vs injury

injury vs sting

sting and injury both are nouns.

sting is a verb but injury is not a verb.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of sting include harm, hurt, trauma.

sting (noun)	injury (noun)
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property	wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act	an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung	an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin	a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
a mental pain or distress	any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

sting (verb)	injury (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 sting and injury

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