Biting vs Hurtful - What's the difference?
biting | hurtful | Related terms |
Causing a stinging sensation.
Cutting or incisive.
Tending to bite.
Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.
* 1649 : , Eikonoklastes
* 1890 : George Henry Rohé, Text-book of hygiene
Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting.
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Biting is a related term of hurtful.
As adjectives the difference between biting and hurtful
is that biting is causing a stinging sensation while hurtful is tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.As a verb biting
is .As a noun biting
is the action of the verb to bite .biting
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a biting wind
- a biting criticism
- a biting insect
Derived terms
* bitingly ----hurtful
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Alternative forms
* hurtfull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad.
- Well-cultivated soils are often healthy; nor at present has it been proved that the use of manure is hurtful .