suffer vs sting

sting vs suffer

suffer is not a noun while sting is a noun.

suffer and sting both are verbs.

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

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

suffer: feel physical pain
sting: cause a stinging pain

Other hyponyms of suffer include catch, get, twinge, prick, twinge, kill.

suffer (noun)	sting (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

suffer (verb)	sting (verb)
be in pain	saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)	deliver a sting to
feel unwell or uncomfortable	cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
get worse in quality	cause a stinging pain
be set at a disadvantage	cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
experience (emotional) pain
feel physical pain
undergo or be subjected to
undergo or suffer
be given to

Difference between suffer and sting

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