Stinging vs Ironic - What's the difference?
stinging | ironic | Related terms |
*{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
, chapter=5, title= The act by which someone receives a sting.
Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
* 2014 , Steven Pinker The Sense of Style
Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.
Stinging is a related term of ironic.
As adjectives the difference between stinging and ironic
is that stinging is having the capacity to sting while ironic is ironic.As a verb stinging
is .As a noun stinging
is the act by which someone receives a sting.stinging
English
Verb
(head)The Lonely Pyramid, passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.
Noun
(en noun)- the stingings of scorpions
- stingings of remorse
ironic
English
Alternative forms
* ironick (qualifier)Adjective
(en adjective)- It was ironic I forgot my textbook on human memory.