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Sweltering vs Smarting - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between sweltering and smarting

is that sweltering is hot and humid; oppressively sticky while smarting is painful, sore.

As verbs the difference between sweltering and smarting

is that sweltering is present participle of lang=en while smarting is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun smarting is

a sensation that smarts or stings.

sweltering

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky
    • The day was sweltering , so Lauren put on the shortest pair of shorts she could find and went to get ice-cream with her friend Rob.

    Verb

    (head)

    • 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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