sting vs pain

sting and pain both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of sting include hurting.

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

Other hypernyms of sting include hurting.

sting (noun)	pain (noun)
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property	a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act	something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung	emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin	a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
a mental pain or distress

sting (verb)	pain (verb)
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous	cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
deliver a sting to	cause emotional anguish or make miserable
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
cause a stinging pain
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort