Stinger vs. Sting: What's the Difference?

Stinger and Sting Definitions
Stinger
One that stings, especially an insult that stings or wounds emotionally.
Sting
To pierce or wound painfully with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.
Stinger
A stinging organ or part.
Sting
To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain
Smoke stinging our eyes.
Stinger
A sharp blow.
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Sting
To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings
Those harsh words stung me.
Stinger
See burner.
Sting
To spur on or stimulate by sharp irritation
"A meaningless retort.
The kind someone is stung into making out of sheer exasperation" (Paul Scott).
Stinger
(Slang) One who participates in or organizes the operation of a sting.
Sting
(Slang) To cheat or overcharge.
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Stinger
A cocktail of crème de menthe and brandy.
Sting
To have, use, or wound with a sharp-pointed structure or organ
Do all bees sting?.
Stinger
A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
Sting
To cause a sharp, smarting pain
The needle will sting a little.
Stinger
Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
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Sting
The act of stinging.
Stinger
Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
Sting
The wound or pain caused by stinging.
Stinger
A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
Sting
A sharp, piercing organ or part, often ejecting a venomous secretion, as the modified ovipositor of a bee or wasp or the spine of certain fishes.
Stinger
A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
Sting
A hurtful quality or power
The sting of rejection.
Stinger
A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
Sting
A keen stimulus or incitement; a goad or spur
The sting of curiosity.
Stinger
A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
Sting
(Slang) A confidence game, especially one implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals.
Stinger
A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
Sting
A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
Look at this nasty hornet sting: it's turned blue!
Stinger
(slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
Sting
A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
She died from a bee sting.
Stinger
A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.
Sting
A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
Stinger
(slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
Sting
A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis
That plant will give a little sting if you touch it.
Stinger
An extension cord.
Sting
(botany) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
Stinger
A stinging nettle.
Sting
The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
Stinger
Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
Sting
(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.
Stinger
(prison slang) An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.
Sting
A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
Stinger
One who, or that which, stings.
Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medusæ of our seas are stingers.
Sting
A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.
Stinger
A cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
Sting
A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
Stinger
A remark capable of wounding mentally;
The unkindest cut of all
Sting
(figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.
Stinger
A portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder
Sting
A goad; incitement.
Stinger
A sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
Sting
The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Stinger
A sharp stinging blow
Sting
(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.
Sting
To puncture with the stinger.
A mosquito stung me on the arm.
Sting
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.
Sting
(figurative) To cause harm or pain to.
I thought I could park in front of the hotel, but they stung me for five pounds!
Sting
Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.
Sting
A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.
Sting
Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.
The sting of death is sin.
Sting
The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
Sting
A goad; incitement.
Sting
The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Sting
To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.
Sting
To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite.
Sting
To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.
Sting
A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung;
The sting of death
He felt the stinging of nettles
Sting
A mental pain or distress;
A pang of conscience
Sting
A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
Sting
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Sting
Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;
The sun burned his face
Sting
Deliver a sting to;
A bee stung my arm yesterday
Sting
Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous;
They stuck me with the dinner bill
I was stung with a huge tax bill
Sting
Cause a stinging pain;
The needle pricked his skin
Sting
Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging;
His remark stung her