Smart vs. Sting — What's the Difference?

Amusingly clever; witty

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

(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed

To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain

Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence

To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings

Quick; brisk

To spur on or stimulate by sharp irritation

(of part of the body) feel a sharp stinging pain

(Slang) To cheat or overcharge.

Sharp stinging pain

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

Intelligence; acumen

To cause a sharp, smarting pain

Having or showing intelligence; bright.

The act of stinging.

Canny and shrewd in dealings with others

The wound or pain caused by stinging.

Impertinent; insolent

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.

Energetic or quick in movement

A hurtful quality or power

Fashionable; elegant

A keen stimulus or incitement; a goad or spur

Capable of making adjustments that resemble those resulting from human decisions, chiefly by means of electronic sensors and computer technology

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

To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain

A bump left on the skin after having been stung.

To be the location of such a pain

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

To feel such a pain.

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

To suffer acutely, as from mental distress, wounded feelings, or remorse

A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis

Sharp pain or anguish

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

Smarts(Slang) Intelligence; expertise

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

(intransitive) To hurt or sting.

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

(transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.

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

(intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

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

Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.

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

(informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.

(figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.

Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).

A goad; incitement.

Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.

The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.

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

Sudden and intense.

To puncture with the stinger.

Causing sharp pain; stinging.

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

Sharp; keen; poignant.

(figurative) To cause harm or pain to.

Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.

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.

(archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.

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.

(archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.

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

(archaic) Brisk; fresh.

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

A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.

A goad; incitement.

Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.

The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

Smart-money.

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

A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.

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

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; - said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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

To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil; as, the team is still smarting from its loss of the championship.

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

To cause a smart in.

A mental pain or distress;

Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.

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

Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction.

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

A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.

Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;

Smart money (see below).

Deliver a sting to;

Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.

Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous;

Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.

Cause a stinging pain;

Vigorous; sharp; severe.

Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging;

Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever.

Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.

Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying.

Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.

Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.

A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

Be the source of pain

Showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

Elegant and stylish;

Characterized by quickness and ease in learning;

Improperly forward or bold;

Marked by smartness in dress and manners;