nib vs rivet

nib

noun
  • One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath. 

  • 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. 

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

verb
  • To fit (a pen) with a nib. 

rivet

noun
  • A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end. 

  • Any fixed point or certain basis. 

verb
  • To command the attention of. 

  • To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. 

  • To make firm or immovable. 

  • To install rivets. 

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