nib vs stylus

nib

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

  • 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. 

verb
  • To fit (a pen) with a nib. 

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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