String vs. Sting — What's the Difference?

Thin cord or thread.

Sharp wound caused by an insect.

Part of a musical instrument.

Sudden, painful feeling.

A series or succession of events.

Sharp quality or flavor.

Tense cord or wire.

Undercover operation to catch criminals.

A sequence of characters in computing.

Financial loss or setback.

Material made of drawn-out, twisted fiber, used for fastening, tying, or lacing.

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

A strand or cord of such material.

To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain

A cord stretched on an instrument and struck, plucked, or bowed to produce tones.

To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings

Strings The section of a band or orchestra composed of stringed instruments, especially violins, violas, cellos, and double basses.

To spur on or stimulate by sharp irritation

Strings Stringed instruments or their players considered as a group.

(Slang) To cheat or overcharge.

Something resembling a string or appearing as a long, thin line

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

A plant fiber.

To cause a sharp, smarting pain

(Physics) One of the extremely minute objects that form the basis of string theory.

The act of stinging.

A set of objects threaded together or attached on a string

The wound or pain caused by stinging.

A number of objects arranged in a line

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.

(Computers) A set of consecutive characters.

A hurtful quality or power

A series of similar or related acts, events, or items

A keen stimulus or incitement; a goad or spur

A set of animals, especially racehorses, belonging to a single owner; a stable.

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

A scattered group of businesses under a single ownership or management

A bump left on the skin after having been stung.

A group of players ranked according to ability within a team

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

A complete game consisting of ten frames in bowling.

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

A stringboard.

A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis

A stringcourse.

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

(Games) The balk line in billiards.

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

(Informal) A limiting or hidden condition. Often used in the plural

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

To fit or furnish with strings or a string

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

To stretch out or extend

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

To thread on a string

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

To arrange in a line or series

(figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.

To fasten, tie, or hang with a string or strings

A goad; incitement.

To strip (vegetables) of fibers.

The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

To extend or progress in a string, line, or succession

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

(countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

To puncture with the stinger.

(uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.

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

(countable) A thread

(figurative) To cause harm or pain to.

(countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

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.

(musical instrument) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.

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.

(sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.

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

A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.

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

(countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.

A goad; incitement.

(countable) A series of items or events.

The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

(countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.

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

(countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

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

(collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.

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

An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

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

A stringed instrument.

A mental pain or distress;

The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

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

The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.

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

The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;

(slang) Cannabis or marijuana.

Deliver a sting to;

(billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.

Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous;

The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.

Cause a stinging pain;

The points made in a game of billiards.

Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging;

The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.

A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

(archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.

(archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

(shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

(botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.

(mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

(architecture) A stringcourse.

A hoax; a fake story.

Synonym of stable

(oil drilling) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps) and torque (via the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.

(transitive) To put (items) on a string.

(transitive) To put strings on (something).

(intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.

(birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.

A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.

A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.

The line or cord of a bow.

A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.

A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.

A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

Same as Stringcourse.

The points made in a game.

In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire.

The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; - called also string line.

A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake" story.

A sequence of similar objects or events sufficiently close in time or space to be perceived as a group; a string of accidents; a string of restaurants on a highway.

A one-dimensional string-like mathematical object used as a means of representing the properties of fundamental particles in string theory, one theory of particle physics; such hypothetical objects are one-dimensional and very small (10-33 cm) but exist in more than four spatial dimensions, and have various modes of vibration. Considering particles as strings avoids some of the problems of treating particles as points, and allows a unified treatment of gravity along with the other three forces (electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force) in a manner consistent with quantum mechanics. See also string theory.

To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.

To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.

To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.

To make tense; to strengthen.

To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung him along all day until he realized we were kidding.

To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

A lightweight cord

Stringed instruments that are played with a bow;

A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding;

A linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)

A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening;

A collection of objects threaded on a single strand

A necklace made by a stringing objects together;

Thread on or as if on a string;

Add as if on a string;

Move or come along

Stretch out or arrange like a string

String together; tie or fasten with a string;

Remove the stringy parts of;

Provide with strings;

No, a "string" isn't a body part but refers to a cord or series of characters.

"Sting" usually conveys pain or discomfort, but in figurative contexts like "sting operation," it refers to law enforcement.

No, "sting" does not relate to music but signifies pain or an undercover operation.

No, "string" can also refer to a thin cord, musical instrument part, or a series of events.

While less common, "sting" can metaphorically describe the sharp or piquant taste of certain foods, like spices or citrus zest.

"String" instruments produce sound using cords, while "sting" in idioms often refers to trapping or catching someone.

A sting operation involves law enforcement posing as criminals to catch offenders in the act, often used to tackle drug trafficking, prostitution, or corruption.

Strings can be made from various materials including cotton, nylon, or metal, depending on their use in musical instruments, clothing, or crafts.

Yes, "string" can also refer to a sequence or line of things, such as a string of pearls or a string of cars in traffic.

Besides insect stings, "sting" can refer to the painful impact from sharp plants, such as nettles, or the metaphorical sting of betrayal or harsh words.

"No strings attached" is an idiom meaning without conditions or restrictions, typically in the context of an offer or agreement.

In archery, the string is crucial as it is drawn back and released to propel the arrow with force towards the target.

In physics, particularly in theories like string theory, "strings" are hypothesized as tiny one-dimensional filaments whose vibrations underlie the fundamental particles and forces of the universe.

Treating a sting involves cleaning the area, applying ice to reduce swelling, and taking pain relievers. If allergic reactions occur, medical attention may be necessary.

Yes, string instruments vary widely and include violins, cellos, guitars, harps, and basses, each with unique sounds and playing techniques.