The difference between Nib and Thole
When used as nouns, nib means the tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper, whereas thole means the ability to bear or endure something.
When used as verbs, nib means to fit (a pen) with a nib, whereas thole means to suffer.
check bellow for the other definitions of Nib and Thole
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Nib as a noun:
The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
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Nib as a noun:
The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
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Nib as a noun:
Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
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Nib as a noun:
A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
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Nib as a noun:
A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
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Nib as a noun:
One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
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Nib as a noun:
The shaft of a wagon.
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Nib as a verb (transitive):
To fit (a pen) with a nib.
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Thole as a verb (intransitive, dated):
To suffer.
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Thole as a verb (transitive, now, Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland):
To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.
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Thole as a noun (obsolete, rare, or, regional):
The ability to bear or endure something; endurance, patience.
Examples:
"He’s got no thole for nonsense."
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Thole as a noun:
A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.
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Thole as a noun:
A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.
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Thole as a noun (architecture):
A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus.