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Injured vs Smarting - What's the difference?

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Injured is a related term of smarting.


As verbs the difference between injured and smarting

is that injured is (injure) while smarting is .

As an adjective smarting is

painful, sore.

As a noun smarting is

a sensation that smarts or stings.

injured

English

Verb

(head)
  • (injure)

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "injured" is often applied: man, woman, child, worker, employee, patient, athlete, player, driver, passenger, victim, animal, horse, dog, bird, body, knee, ankle, back, muscle, tissue, leg, arm, hand, foot, head, eye, feelings.

    smarting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Painful, sore.
    • My arm is still smarting from where the ball hit it.
  • (figuratively) Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sensation that smarts or stings.
  • * (Thomas Halyburton)
    • Strong they are; for they trample upon our light, the penalties of laws divine and human; yea, and the smartings of our own conscience.

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