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Soreness vs Smarting - What's the difference?

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Soreness is a related term of smarting.


As nouns the difference between soreness and smarting

is that soreness is the property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness while smarting is a sensation that smarts or stings.

As an adjective smarting is

painful, sore.

As a verb smarting is

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soreness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.
    • The salve made the soreness go away, but with the aches gone I suddenly noticed my other pains.

    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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