Smarting vs Irritating - What's the difference?
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Painful, sore.
(figuratively) Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment.
A sensation that smarts or stings.
* (Thomas Halyburton)
Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.
Stimulating]] or [[excite, exciting a response.
As adjectives the difference between smarting and irritating
is that smarting is painful, sore while irritating is causing irritation, annoyance or pain.As verbs the difference between smarting and irritating
is that smarting is present participle of lang=en while irritating is present participle of lang=en.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.
