sting vs operation

operation vs sting

sting and operation both are nouns.

sting is a verb but operation is not a verb.

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

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

sting: operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
operation: a planned activity involving many people performing various actions

sting (noun)	operation (noun)
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property	a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act	(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung	activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin	a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
a mental pain or distress	a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
	a business especially one run on a large scale
	the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
	(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
	(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
	process or manner of functioning or operating
	the state of being in effect or being operative

sting (verb)	operation (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 operation

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