Piercing and Pricking

Piercing

Piercing adjective - Causing intense discomfort to one's skin.

Pricking and piercing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pricking" instead a noun "Piercing".

Nearby Words: pierced, piercingly, piercer

Pricking

Pricking noun - The act of puncturing with a small point.
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Piercing and pricking are semantically related. You can use "Piercing" instead a noun "Pricking".

Nearby Words: prick, prickly, prickle, pricked, pricker
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