Pistil vs. Sting — What's the Difference?

The female, ovule-bearing organ of a flower, including the stigma, style, and ovary.

To pierce or wound painfully with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.

(botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma.

To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain

The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.

To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings

The female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma

To spur on or stimulate by sharp irritation

(Slang) To cheat or overcharge.

To have, use, or wound with a sharp-pointed structure or organ

To cause a sharp, smarting pain

The act of stinging.

The wound or pain caused by stinging.

A sharp, piercing organ or part, often ejecting a venomous secretion, as the modified ovipositor of a bee or wasp or the spine of certain fishes.

A hurtful quality or power

A keen stimulus or incitement; a goad or spur

(Slang) A confidence game, especially one implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals.

A bump left on the skin after having been stung.

A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.

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

A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis

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

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

(law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.

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

A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.

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

(figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.

A goad; incitement.

The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

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

To puncture with the stinger.

To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).

(figurative) To cause harm or pain to.

Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.

A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.

Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.

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

A goad; incitement.

The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.

To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite.

To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.

A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung;

A mental pain or distress;

A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;

Deliver a sting to;

Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous;

Cause a stinging pain;

Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging;