sting vs nettle

nettle vs sting

sting and nettle both are nouns.

sting and nettle both are verbs.

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

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

sting: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
nettle: sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

Other hyponyms of sting include urticate.

sting (noun)	nettle (noun)
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property	any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
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

sting (verb)	nettle (verb)
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
deliver a sting to	sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
cause a stinging pain
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

Difference between sting and nettle

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