Tingle vs Nettle - What's the difference?

Tingle is a related term of nettle.

As verbs the difference between tingle and nettle

is that tingle is to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation or tingle can be to ring while nettle is (literally) of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.

As nouns the difference between tingle and nettle

is that tingle is a prickling or stinging sensation while nettle is any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

tingle

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(tingl)

To have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

To make ringing sounds, to twang.

*1851 ,

*:Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes.

* Charles Dickens

sharp tingling bells

Noun

(en noun)

A prickling or stinging sensation.

Etymology 2

Verb

(tingl)

To ring

To cause to ring

* 1874 , , fit 2:

the Captain they trusted so well

Had only one notion for crossing the ocean,

And that was to tingle his bell.

Anagrams

nettle

English

(wikipedia nettle) (Urtica)

Noun

(en noun)

Any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

# Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica , the stinging nettles:

## Most, but not all, subspecies of ,

## ;

# Wood nettle ();

# (vern)s and (spurge nettle)s of genus :

## , (bull nettle), (spurge nettle),

## , (Texas bull nettle),

## , (bull nettle),

## (vern) or (tree nettle)s:

### Various species of the genus ,

### ,

### ;

# (rock nettle) ();

# (small-leaved nettle) ().

Certain plants that have spines or prickles:

# (ball nettle) ();

# , (bull nettle), (silver-leaf nettle), (white horse-nettle);

# , (western horse-nettle), (robust horse-nettle);

# , (horse-nettle);

# Celtis .

Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the same family (Lamiaceae as the stinging nettles, that resemble the species of Urtica :

# (dead nettle), (dumb nettle) (Lamium ), particularly , (white nettle);

# (false nettle) ();

# (flame nettle) or (painted nettle) (Coleus );

# (hedge nettle) (Stachys );

# (hemp nettle) ();

# (horse nettle)s:

## ,

## , (ball-nettle), (Carolina horse-nettle),

## , (bull nettle), (silver-leaf nettle), (white horse-nettle);

# (nilgiri nettle), (Himalayan giant nettle) ().

Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.

Derived terms

* grasp the nettle * nettle rash * nettlelike * nettlesome * nettly

Verb

(nettl) (transitive)

(literally) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.

The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.

(figuratively) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone.

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