Smarting vs Throb - What's the difference?
smarting | throb | Related terms |
Painful, sore.
(figuratively) Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment.
A sensation that smarts or stings.
* (Thomas Halyburton)
To pound or beat rapidly or violently
To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
# (of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
A beating, vibration or palpitation
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, My bosom was now bare, and rising in the warmest throbs , presented to his sight and feeling the firm hard swell of a pair of young breasts, such as may be imagin'd of a girl not sixteen, fresh out of the country}}
Smarting is a related term of throb.
As verbs the difference between smarting and throb
is that smarting is while throb is to pound or beat rapidly or violently.As nouns the difference between smarting and throb
is that smarting is a sensation that smarts or stings while throb is a beating, vibration or palpitation.As an adjective smarting
is painful, sore.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.