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
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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."
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Bite as a verb (transitive):
To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
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Bite as a verb (intransitive):
To attack with the teeth.
Examples:
"That dog is about to bite!"
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Bite as a verb (intransitive):
To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
Examples:
"If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite."
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Bite as a verb (intransitive):
To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
Examples:
"I needed snow chains to make the tires bite."
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Bite as a verb (intransitive):
To have significant effect, often negative.
Examples:
"For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite."
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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?"
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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?"
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Bite as a verb (intransitive, transitive, of an insect):
To sting.
Examples:
"These mosquitoes are really biting today!"
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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."
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Bite as a verb (transitive, sometimes, figurative):
To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
Examples:
"Pepper bites the mouth."
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Bite as a verb (intransitive):
To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
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Bite as a verb (intransitive):
To take or keep a firm hold.
Examples:
"The anchor bites."
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Bite as a verb (transitive):
To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
Examples:
"The anchor bites the ground."
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Bite as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
Examples:
"This music really bites."
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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."
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Bite as a verb (intransitive, AAVE, slang):
To plagiarize, to imitate.
Examples:
"He always be biting my moves."
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Bite as a noun:
The act of biting.
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Bite as a noun:
The wound left behind after having been bitten.
Examples:
"That snake bite really hurts!"
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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."
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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."
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Bite as a noun (slang):
Something unpleasant.
Examples:
"That's really a bite!"
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Bite as a noun (slang):
An act of plagiarism.
Examples:
"That song is a bite of my song!"
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Bite as a noun:
A small meal or snack.
Examples:
"I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner."
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Bite as a noun (figuratively):
aggression
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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.
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Bite as a noun (colloquial, dated):
A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
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Bite as a noun (colloquial, dated, slang):
A sharper; one who cheats.
Examples:
"rfquotek Johnson"
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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.
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Sting as a noun:
A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
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Sting as a noun:
A bite by an insect.
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Sting as a noun:
A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
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Sting as a noun:
A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis
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Sting as a noun (botany):
A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
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Sting as a noun:
The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
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Sting as a noun (law enforcement):
A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.
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Sting as a noun:
A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
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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.
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Sting as a noun:
A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
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Sting as a noun (figurative):
The harmful or painful part of something.
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Sting as a noun:
A goad; incitement.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Sting as a noun:
The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
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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."
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Sting as a verb (transitive, of an insect):
To bite.
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Sting as a verb (intransitive, sometimes figurative):
To hurt, to be in pain.
Examples:
"My hand stings after knocking on the door so long."
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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!"