hand vs stylus

hand

noun
  • Handwriting; style of penmanship. 

  • A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers. 

  • Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. 

  • Management, domain, control. 

  • Applause. 

  • A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. 

  • The set of cards held by a player. 

  • That which has the appearance of, a human hand. 

  • Four inches, a hand's breadth. 

  • A whole rhizome of ginger. 

  • An instance of helping. 

  • A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. 

  • A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left. 

  • Personal possession; ownership. 

  • The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. 

  • Promise, word; especially of a betrothal. 

  • The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals. 

  • An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day. 

  • An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty. 

  • The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch. 

  • A round of a card game. 

  • A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand. 

  • A bunch of bananas. 

  • A person's autograph or signature. 

  • A performer more or less skilful. 

verb
  • To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct. 

  • To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively. 

  • To pledge by the hand; to handfast. 

  • To furl. 

stylus

noun
  • An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them. 

  • A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing. 

  • A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine. 

  • A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand. 

  • A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction. 

  • A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen. 

  • A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound. 

  • Synonym of style. 

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