ness vs nib

ness

noun
  • A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.) 

nib

noun
  • A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong. 

  • The bill or beak of a bird; the neb. 

  • The shaft of a wagon. 

  • A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean. 

  • Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces. 

  • One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath. 

  • The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper. 

verb
  • To fit (a pen) with a nib. 

How often have the words ness and nib occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )