Stinger vs. Sting: What's the Difference?

One that stings, especially an insult that stings or wounds emotionally.

To pierce or wound painfully with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.

A stinging organ or part.

To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain

A sharp blow.

To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings

See burner.

To spur on or stimulate by sharp irritation

(Slang) One who participates in or organizes the operation of a sting.

(Slang) To cheat or overcharge.

A cocktail of crème de menthe and brandy.

To have, use, or wound with a sharp-pointed structure or organ

A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.

To cause a sharp, smarting pain

Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.

The act of stinging.

Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.

The wound or pain caused by stinging.

A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.

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.

A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.

A hurtful quality or power

A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.

A keen stimulus or incitement; a goad or spur

A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.

(Slang) A confidence game, especially one implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals.

A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.

A bump left on the skin after having been stung.

(slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.

A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.

A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.

A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.

(slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.

A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis

An extension cord.

(botany) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.

A stinging nettle.

The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.

Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.

(law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.

(prison slang) An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.

A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.

One who, or that which, stings.

A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.

A cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy

A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.

A remark capable of wounding mentally;

(figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.

A portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder

A goad; incitement.

A sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland

The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

A sharp stinging blow

(ambitransitive) To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.

To puncture with the stinger.

To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).

(figurative) To cause harm or pain to.

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.

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.

Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.

The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.

A goad; incitement.

The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.

To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite.

To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.

A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung;

A mental pain or distress;

A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;

Deliver a sting to;

Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous;

Cause a stinging pain;

Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging;