The difference between Bite and Sting

When used as nouns, bite means the act of biting, whereas sting means a bump left on the skin after having been stung.

When used as verbs, bite means to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth, whereas sting means to hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.


check bellow for the other definitions of Bite and Sting

  1. Bite as a verb (transitive):

    To cut off a piece by clamping the teeth.

    Examples:

    "As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is."

  2. Bite as a verb (transitive):

    To hold something by clamping one's teeth.

  3. Bite as a verb (intransitive):

    To attack with the teeth.

    Examples:

    "That dog is about to bite!"

  4. Bite as a verb (intransitive):

    To behave aggressively; to reject advances.

    Examples:

    "If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite."

  5. Bite as a verb (intransitive):

    To take hold; to establish firm contact with.

    Examples:

    "I needed snow chains to make the tires bite."

  6. Bite as a verb (intransitive):

    To have significant effect, often negative.

    Examples:

    "For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite."

  7. Bite as a verb (intransitive, of a fish):

    To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.

    Examples:

    "Are the fish biting today?"

  8. Bite as a verb (intransitive, metaphor):

    To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.

    Examples:

    "I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?"

  9. Bite as a verb (intransitive, transitive, of an insect):

    To sting.

    Examples:

    "These mosquitoes are really biting today!"

  10. Bite as a verb (intransitive):

    To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.

    Examples:

    "It bites like pepper or mustard."

  11. Bite as a verb (transitive, sometimes, figurative):

    To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.

    Examples:

    "Pepper bites the mouth."

  12. Bite as a verb (intransitive):

    To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.

  13. Bite as a verb (intransitive):

    To take or keep a firm hold.

    Examples:

    "The anchor bites."

  14. Bite as a verb (transitive):

    To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.

    Examples:

    "The anchor bites the ground."

  15. Bite as a verb (intransitive, slang):

    To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.

    Examples:

    "This music really bites."

  16. Bite as a verb (transitive, informal, vulgar):

    To perform oral sex on. .

    Examples:

    "You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me."

  17. Bite as a verb (intransitive, AAVE, slang):

    To plagiarize, to imitate.

    Examples:

    "He always be biting my moves."

  1. Bite as a noun:

    The act of biting.

  2. Bite as a noun:

    The wound left behind after having been bitten.

    Examples:

    "That snake bite really hurts!"

  3. Bite as a noun:

    The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.

    Examples:

    "After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites."

  4. Bite as a noun:

    A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.

    Examples:

    "There were only a few bites left on the plate."

  5. Bite as a noun (slang):

    Something unpleasant.

    Examples:

    "That's really a bite!"

  6. Bite as a noun (slang):

    An act of plagiarism.

    Examples:

    "That song is a bite of my song!"

  7. Bite as a noun:

    A small meal or snack.

    Examples:

    "I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner."

  8. Bite as a noun (figuratively):

    aggression

  9. Bite as a noun:

    The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.

  10. Bite as a noun (colloquial, dated):

    A cheat; a trick; a fraud.

  11. Bite as a noun (colloquial, dated, slang):

    A sharper; one who cheats.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Johnson"

  12. Bite as a noun (printing):

    A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.

  1. Sting as a noun:

    A bump left on the skin after having been stung.

  2. Sting as a noun:

    A bite by an insect.

  3. Sting as a noun:

    A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.

  4. Sting as a noun:

    A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis

  5. Sting as a noun (botany):

    A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.

  6. Sting as a noun:

    The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.

  7. Sting as a noun (law enforcement):

    A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.

  8. Sting as a noun:

    A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.

  9. Sting as a noun:

    A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of punctuation in a dramatic or comedic scene.

  10. Sting as a noun:

    A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.

  11. Sting as a noun (figurative):

    The harmful or painful part of something.

  12. Sting as a noun:

    A goad; incitement.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  13. Sting as a noun:

    The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

  1. Sting as a verb (transitive):

    To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.

    Examples:

    "Right so came out an adder of a little heathbush, and it stung a knight in the foot."

    "Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better."

  2. Sting as a verb (transitive, of an insect):

    To bite.

  3. Sting as a verb (intransitive, sometimes figurative):

    To hurt, to be in pain.

    Examples:

    "My hand stings after knocking on the door so long."

  4. Sting as a verb (figurative):

    To cause harm or pain to.

    Examples:

    "I thought I could park in front of the hotel, but they stung me for five pounds!"

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