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Stinging vs Scathing - What's the difference?

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Stinging is a related term of scathing.


As adjectives the difference between stinging and scathing

is that stinging is having the capacity to sting while scathing is harshly or bitterly critical.

As verbs the difference between stinging and scathing

is that stinging is while scathing is .

As a noun stinging

is the act by which someone receives a sting.

stinging

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the capacity to sting.
    • stinging nettles

    Verb

    (head)
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which someone receives a sting.
    • the stingings of scorpions
    stingings of remorse

    scathing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • harshly or bitterly critical
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Angelique Chrisafis , title=Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured women" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing "a sad mistake" in trying to run in Paris.}}
  • harmful or painful; acerbic

    • Verb

    (head)

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