different between opening vs sting

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?.p?.n??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.p?.n??/

Verb

opening

1. present participle of open

Derived terms

• eye-opening (adjective)

Noun

opening (plural openings)

1. An act or instance of making or becoming open.

   The daily openings of the day lily bloom gives it its name.

   He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents.

2. Something that is open.

   A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.

   He slipped through an opening in the crowd.

3. An act or instance of beginning.

   There have been few factory and store openings in the US lately.

   Their opening of the concert with Brass in Pocket always fires up the crowd.

4. Something that is a beginning.
   1. The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.

      They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening, but hoped that word would spread.

   2. The initial period a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.
   3. The first few measures of a musical composition.
   4. (chess) The first few moves in a game of chess.

      John spends two hours a day studying openings, and another two hours studying endgames.

5. A vacant position, especially in an array.

   Are there likely to be any openings on the Supreme Court in the next four years?

   1. A time available in a schedule.

      If you'd like to make a booking with us, we have an opening at twelve o'clock.

      The only two-hour openings for the hockey rink are between 1AM and 5AM.

   2. An unoccupied employment position.

      We have an opening in our marketing department.

6. An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
7. (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.

Synonyms

• (something that is open): hole, gap, crevice; see also Thesaurus:hole or Thesaurus:interspace
• (available time): availability, slot
• (unoccupied employment position): job opening

Coordinate terms

• (opening of an art show): vernissage

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (?puningu)

Translations

Adjective

opening (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.

   The opening theme of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is, perhaps, the most recognizable in all of European art music.

   The opening act of the battle for Fort Sumter was the firing of a single 10-inch mortar round from Fort Johnson at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, by Lt. Henry S. Farley, who acted upon the command of Capt. George S. James, which round exploded over Fort Sumter as a signal to open the general bombardment from 43 guns and mortars at Fort Moultrie, Fort Johnson, the floating battery, and Cummings Point.

2. (cricket) describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack

Derived terms

References

• “opening”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “opening” in the Collins English Dictionary
• “opening” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Dutch

Etymology

From openen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?p?n??/

Noun

opening f (plural openingen, diminutive openinkje n)

1. opening, gap
2. the act or process of being opened

Spanish

Noun

opening m (plural openings)

1. opening sequence; title sequence

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English stynge, sting, stenge, from Old English sting, stin?? (“a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument; the wound made by a stab or sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stangiz.

Noun

sting (plural stings)

1. A bump left on the skin after having been stung.

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

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

   Synonym: stinger

4. A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis

5. (botany) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
6. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
7. (law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.

8. A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
9. A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.
10. A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
11. (figuratively) The harmful or painful part of something.
12. A goad; incitement.
    • 1609, William Shakespeare, A Lover's Complaint
13. The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

Synonyms

• (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid): stinger

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English stingen, from Old English stingan, from Proto-Germanic *stingan?. Compare Swedish and Icelandic stinga.

Verb

sting (third-person singular simple present stings, present participle stinging, simple past and past participle stung or (rare, dialectal) stang)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.

2. (transitive, of an insect or arachnid) To puncture with the stinger.
3. (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).
4. (figuratively) To cause harm or pain to.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• GTINs, Tings, gnits, tings

Middle English

Noun

sting

1. Alternative form of stynge

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb stinge

Noun

sting n (definite singular stinget, indefinite plural sting, definite plural stinga or stingene)

1. a stitch (in sewing and surgery)
2. stitch (pain in the side)

References

• “sting” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb stinge

Noun

sting m (definite singular stingen, indefinite plural stingar or stinger, definite plural stingane or stingene)

1. stitch (pain in the side)

sting n (definite singular stinget, indefinite plural sting, definite plural stinga)

1. a stitch (in sewing and surgery)

References

• “sting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stangiz; akin to stingan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stin?/, [sti??]

Noun

sting m

1. sting, stinging (of an animal)

Descendants

• Middle English: stynge, stenge, sting, steng
  • English: sting
  • Scots: sting

Romanian

Verb

sting

1. first-person singular present indicative of stinge
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of stinge
3. third-person plural present indicative of stinge

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

sting

1. imperative of stinga.

Anagrams

• tings

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stingan?. Compare Icelandic, Faroese stinga, Swedish stinga, sticka, stånga, English sting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²st(e)i??/

  Rhymes: -ì??

Verb

sting, stikk (present stikk, preterite stang or stakk, plural ståkk, supine ståkkä, past participle stongän or ståkkä)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To sting, stab, gore.

Derived terms

• naut-stongän, naut-ståkkä
• mark-stongen

Related terms

• stang
• stöing