What's the difference between stung and stunk?

Stung


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Sting
  • () imp. & p. p. of Sting.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Richards was a feminist who, rather than scaring men, stung them with her wit, a technique she famously applied to President George Bush senior in what became a legendary quip in American politics.
  • (2) Those patients who were re-stung within 2 weeks (anergic period) or over 5 years after a generalized reaction to a sting had significantly improved response.
  • (3) 62 patients who had been stung by a red scorpion were admitted from January to December 1990: 18 with hypertension, 15 with supraventricular tachycardia, 11 with pulmonary oedema, and 18 with local pain at the site of sting but no systemic involvement.
  • (4) Stung, Mayweather hits right back with a right hand to remind Guerrero of who he's in with.
  • (5) Both women reported having been stung by jellyfish a month earlier.
  • (6) A seven-year-old girl, stung by a scorpion, was hospitalized in a confused state with signs of myocarditis and pulmonary edema.
  • (7) Our past and present re-sting data reveal that a large percentage of initially sting-sensitive patients have no reaction on being re-stung.
  • (8) It owed altogether too much to Scott and was a fiasco that stung its author so badly that a story claims he sought out all the copies he could find to have them burnt.
  • (9) A previously healthy 38-year-old man was stung multiple times by yellow jackets without any signs of anaphylaxis being observed.
  • (10) After being stung by reports that some soldiers had refused to fight Boko Haram or had “tactically retreated” from battle, chief of army staff Lt-General Kenneth Minimah ordered that deserters be court-martialled.
  • (11) The interventions have stung the government, and with good reason.
  • (12) 34 min: Stung by my criticism, Deco attempts to put me back in my box by scoring from distance.
  • (13) The chancellor was stung by last week's criticism from the fund.
  • (14) However he has been stung badly after leaving his trouser zip undone and not covered by his bee-keeping foil tunic.
  • (15) Antibodies were raised against CcV protein and used in testing for ovary and in stung eggs.
  • (16) The pop song's composer, John Ewbank, was so stung by the criticism that he attempted unsuccessfully to have the song withdrawn from the day's festivities.
  • (17) Garzón was stung by the court's affirmation that he had behaved as if working for a totalitarian regime, fishing indiscriminately for evidence and trampling on defendants' rights by wiretapping jail conversations with defence lawyers.
  • (18) Oh, and they also stung you for £25 last month when you went a few quid over your overdraft limit.
  • (19) In Saddam Hussein's hometown, Tikrit, 40-year-old Sunni government worker Hazim Ali Hamid was stung by Obama's praise to US forces for removing Saddam.
  • (20) The prime minister is still stung by his embarrassing rebuff in 2013 when he suffered an international diplomatic humiliation by failing to win the support of parliament for a bombing campaign designed to sanction Assad for using chemical weapons against his own people.

Stunk


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Stink
  • () imp. & p. p. of Stink.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She stunk the place out, but the smell, to me, was extraordinary.

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