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Irritated vs Smarting - What's the difference?

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Irritated is a related term of smarting.


As verbs the difference between irritated and smarting

is that irritated is (irritate) while smarting is .

As adjectives the difference between irritated and smarting

is that irritated is experiencing a feeling of irritation while smarting is painful, sore.

As a noun smarting is

a sensation that smarts or stings.

irritated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (irritate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Experiencing a feeling of irritation.
  • (pathology) Inflamed and painful.

    • Synonyms

    * (experiencing a feeling of irritation) (l)

    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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