Smarting vs Tingling - What's the difference?
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Painful, sore.
(figuratively) Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment.
A sensation that smarts or stings.
* (Thomas Halyburton)
As verbs the difference between smarting and tingling
is that smarting is present participle of lang=en while tingling is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between smarting and tingling
is that smarting is a sensation that smarts or stings while tingling is a tingling sensation; pins and needles.As an adjective smarting
is painful, sore.smarting
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- My arm is still smarting from where the ball hit it.
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Strong they are; for they trample upon our light, the penalties of laws divine and human; yea, and the smartings of our own conscience.