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Starting vs Smarting - What's the difference?

starting | smarting |

As verbs the difference between starting and smarting

is that starting is while smarting is .

As nouns the difference between starting and smarting

is that starting is the act of something that starts while smarting is a sensation that smarts or stings.

As an adjective smarting is

painful, sore.

starting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that starts.
    • constant startings and stoppings

    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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