Stabbing vs Scratching - What's the difference?
stabbing | scratching |
(of pain) sharp, intense
An incident in which a person is stabbed.
The act or sound of something being scratched.
A pork scratching.
* 2010 , Monique Roffey, Sun Dog
As nouns the difference between stabbing and scratching
is that stabbing is an incident in which a person is stabbed while scratching is the act or sound of something being scratched.As verbs the difference between stabbing and scratching
is that stabbing is while scratching is .As an adjective stabbing
is (of pain) sharp, intense.stabbing
English
Adjective
(-)- Too much running gives me a stabbing pain in the chest.
Noun
(en noun)- A stabbing took place in the alley last night.
- The hospital receives many victims of stabbings .
Verb
(head)scratching
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- We heard further scratchings at the door as the dog whined to be let in.
- 'Ugggghhhhh!' she made a face at the packet. 'Oink, oink!' Cosmo laughed, waving a scratching near her face.