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sting vs urticate

urticate vs sting

sting is a noun but urticate is not a noun.

sting and urticate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sting Yes No Yes No
urticate No No Yes No
As verbs, urticate is a hyponym of sting; that is, urticate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sting:
  • sting: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
  • urticate: sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
Other hyponyms of sting include nettle.
sting (noun) urticate (noun)
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
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) urticate (verb)
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
deliver a sting to whip with or as with nettles
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
cause a stinging pain
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
Difference between sting and urticate

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