Stinge vs Stinger - What's the difference?
stinge | stinger |
(Australia, New Zealand) An individual who seen to have a stingy demeanour or who lacks generosity.
A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically
a cocktail of brandy and
A device used by police and military forces consisting of a portable bed of nails to puncture car tires.
A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
(slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
(slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
(slang, television and film) An extension cord.
As nouns the difference between stinge and stinger
is that stinge is (australia|new zealand) an individual who seen to have a stingy demeanour or who lacks generosity while stinger is a portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile.stinge
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(en noun)Derived terms
* stingy * stingily * stinginess ----stinger
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(en noun)- The thing stopped then and looked at me a moment as much as to say: "Why this thing has a stinger ! I must be careful." And then it reached out its long neck and opened its mighty jaws and grabbed for me; but I wasn't there.