Mutilated vs Smarting - What's the difference?
mutilated | smarting | Related terms |
Painful, sore.
(figuratively) Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment.
A sensation that smarts or stings.
* (Thomas Halyburton)
Mutilated is a related term of smarting.
As verbs the difference between mutilated and smarting
is that mutilated is (mutilate) while smarting is .As adjectives the difference between mutilated and smarting
is that mutilated is = while smarting is painful, sore.As a noun smarting is
a sensation that smarts or stings.smarting
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- My arm is still smarting from where the ball hit it.
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Strong they are; for they trample upon our light, the penalties of laws divine and human; yea, and the smartings of our own conscience.