Difference between Prick and Sting

What is the difference between Prick and Sting?

Prick as a noun is the feeling of being pierced or punctured by an object with a fine point such as a pin or small nail. while Sting as a noun is a bump left on the skin after having been stung.

Prick

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The feeling of being pierced or punctured by an object with a fine point such as a pin or small nail. A small pointed object. A sharp feeling of remorse. (Acts ii. 37.) [ca. 1740-1850] Small roll of yarn or tobacco. A penis. A man or boy who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To pierce or puncture. To urge, to spur, to goad, to incite. To trace a ship's course on a chart. To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail. (The Universal Dictionary of the English Language, 1896)

Sting

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point.To bite.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A bump left on the skin after having been stung.A bite by an insect.A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermisA police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.A brief sequence of music used in films & TV as a form of punctuation in a dramatic or comedic scene.A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.

We hope you now know whether to use Prick or Sting in your sentence.

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