different between nib vs dib

English

Alternative forms

• knib (obsolete)

Etymology

From a variant of neb, perhaps due to association with nibble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

nib (plural nibs)

1. The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1

     Slowly welling from the point of her gold nib, pale blue ink dissolved the full stop; for there her pen stuck; her eyes fixed, and tears slowly filled them.

2. The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
3. Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
4. A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
5. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
   • 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus

     the little nib or fructifying principle

6. One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
7. The shaft of a wagon.

Synonyms

• (handle projecting from a scythe snath): thole

Derived terms

• denib

Translations

Verb

nib (third-person singular simple present nibs, present participle nibbing, simple past and past participle nibbed)

1. (transitive) To fit (a pen) with a nib.

Anagrams

• BNI, NBI, bin, ibn

English

Etymology 1

Verb

dib (third-person singular simple present dibs, present participle dibbing, simple past and past participle dibbed)

1. To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed
2. To move in a rapid, cautious manner; especially, with movement like a mouse or rat.

See also

• dibbing
• dibber
• dibble
• dibs

Noun

dib (plural dibs)

1. A dibber (gardening tool)
2. One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.

Etymology 2

Verb

dib (third-person singular simple present dibs, present participle dibbing, simple past and past participle dibbed)

1. (Scouting) Alternative form of dyb

Anagrams

• BID, DBI, IBD, IDB, bid

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *t?p.

Noun

dib (definite accusative dibi, plural dibl?r)

1. bottom

2. root, base

3. lower part
4. deep (a long way inside; situated far in or back)

5. (mining) face (as in coalface)
6. (colloquial) hymen

   Synonym: q?zl?q p?rd?si

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?i?b). Compare Moroccan Arabic ???? (d?b), Egyptian Arabic ???? (d?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?p/

Noun

dib m (plural djieb)

1. wolf

   Synonym: lupu

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dib/

Noun

dib (nominative plural dibs)

1. depth

Declension

Derived terms

• dibik
• dibot