Sting vs. Stang
Difference Between Sting and Stang
Stingnoun
A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
Look at this nasty hornet sting, it's turned blue!Stangnoun
A forked ritual staff.
Stingnoun
A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
She died from a snake stingStangnoun
A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
Stingnoun
A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
Stangnoun
In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
Stingnoun
A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis
That plant will give a little sting if you touch it.Stangverb
To shoot with pain, to sting.
Stingnoun
(botany) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
Stangverb
To spear; to sting.
Stingnoun
The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
Stingnoun
(law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.
The criminal gang was caught after a successful sting.Stingnoun
A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
Stingnoun
A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.
Stingnoun
A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
Stingnoun
(figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.
Stingnoun
A goad; incitement.
Stingnoun
The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Stingverb
(ambitransitive) To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
An adder came out of a little heathbush, and it stung a man in the foot.Stingverb
To puncture with the stinger.
Stingverb
To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).
My hand stings after knocking on the door so long.Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better.Stingverb
(figurative) To cause harm or pain to.
I thought I could park in front of the hotel, but they stung me for five pounds!Stingnoun
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung;
the sting of deathhe felt the stinging of nettlesStingnoun
a mental pain or distress;
a pang of conscienceStingnoun
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
Stingnoun
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Stingverb
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;
The sun burned his faceStingverb
deliver a sting to;
A bee stung my arm yesterdayStingverb
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous;
They stuck me with the dinner billI was stung with a huge tax billStingverb
cause a stinging pain;
The needle pricked his skinStingverb
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging;
His remark stung her
