The difference between Bill and Nib

When used as nouns, bill means any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an anglo-saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff, whereas nib means the tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.

When used as verbs, bill means to dig, chop, etc., with a bill, whereas nib means to fit (a pen) with a nib.


check bellow for the other definitions of Bill and Nib

  1. Bill as a noun:

    Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.

  2. Bill as a noun:

    A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.

  3. Bill as a noun:

    Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Strype"

  4. Bill as a noun:

    A pickaxe, or mattock.

  5. Bill as a noun (nautical):

    The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).

  1. Bill as a verb (transitive):

    To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

  1. Bill as a noun:

    The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.

  2. Bill as a noun:

    A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.

  3. Bill as a noun:

    Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.

  1. Bill as a verb (obsolete):

    To peck.

  2. Bill as a verb:

    To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness.

  1. Bill as a noun:

    A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)

  2. Bill as a noun:

    A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)

  3. Bill as a noun:

    A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

  4. Bill as a noun (obsolete, legal):

    A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

  5. Bill as a noun (US):

    A piece of paper money; a banknote.

  6. Bill as a noun:

    A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.

  7. Bill as a noun:

    A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods

    Examples:

    "synonyms: placard poster handbill"

  8. Bill as a noun:

    A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. A bill of exchange. In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.

  9. Bill as a noun:

    A set of items presented together.

  1. Bill as a verb (transitive):

    To advertise by a bill or public notice.

  2. Bill as a verb (transitive):

    To charge; to send a bill to.

  1. Bill as a noun:

    The bell, or boom, of the bittern.

  1. Nib as a noun:

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

  2. Nib as a noun:

    The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.

  3. Nib as a noun:

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

  4. Nib as a noun:

    A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.

  5. Nib as a noun:

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

  6. Nib as a noun:

    One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.

  7. Nib as a noun:

    The shaft of a wagon.

  1. Nib as a verb (transitive):

    To fit (a pen) with a nib.