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Seared vs Smarting - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between seared and smarting

is that seared is past tense of sear while smarting is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between seared and smarting

is that seared is blackened by heat; scorched; burned while smarting is painful, sore.

As a noun smarting is

a sensation that smarts or stings.

seared

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sear)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • blackened by heat; scorched; burned

    • Derived terms

    * searedness

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    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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