Sting vs. Stang — What's the Difference?

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

Stang is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arnold Stang (1918–2009), American actor Axel Heiberg Stang (1904–1974), Norwegian landowner and member of Vidkun Quisling's government Christian Schweigaard Stang (1900–1977), Norwegian linguist and professor Dorothy Stang (1931–2005), American-born Roman Catholic nun, anti-poverty and environmental activist, and murder victim Emil Stang (1834–1912), Norwegian jurist and politician Emil Stang (born 1882), Norwegian jurist, politician and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway Fabian Stang (born 1955), mayor of Oslo, Norway Frederik Stang (1804–1884), first Prime Minister of Norway Fredrik Stang (1867–1941), Minister of Justice and the Police of Norway and law professor Georg Stang (1858–1907), Minister of Defence of Norway Hans Georg Jacob Stang (prime minister) (1830–1907), Prime Minister of Norway Ivan Stang (born 1953), author and publisher of the first screed of the Church of the SubGenius Jack Stang (1923–1996), inspiration for writer Mickey Spillane's character Mike Hammer Jørn L. Stang (born 1959), Norwegian politician Olaf Stang (1871–1956), Norwegian engineer Ole A. Stang (1872–1955), Norwegian businessperson and landowner Ole A. Stang, Jr.

To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain

A past tense of sting.

To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings

A forked ritual staff.

To spur on or stimulate by sharp irritation

A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.

(Slang) To cheat or overcharge.

In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.

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

To shoot with pain, to sting.

To cause a sharp, smarting pain

To spear; to sting.

The act of stinging.

A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.

The wound or pain caused by stinging.

In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.

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.

To shoot with pain.

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;