Bib vs. Nib — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bib and Nib
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Bib
A piece of cloth or plastic secured under the chin and worn, especially by small children, to protect the clothing while eating.
Nib
The sharpened point of a quill pen.
Bib
The part of an apron or pair of overalls worn over the chest
"The day my son Laurie started kindergarten he renounced corduroy overalls with bibs and began wearing blue jeans with a belt" (Shirley Jackson).
Nib
A tapered point of a pen, designed to be inserted into a penholder or fountain pen.
Bib
Bibbed overalls worn while skiing.
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Nib
A sharp point or tip.
Bib
A piece of cloth or plastic bearing a number, usually worn over the chest or back, identifying a competitor in a race.
Nib
A bird's beak or bill.
Bib
A patch of differently colored feathers or fur on the throat or chest of a bird or mammal.
Nib
The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
Bib
To drink or indulge in drinking.
Nib
The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
Bib
An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.
Nib
Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
Bib
Similar items of clothing such as the Chinese dudou and Vietnamese yem.
Nib
A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
Bib
(sports) A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race.
Nib
A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
Bib
(sports) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.
Nib
One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
Bib
The upper part of an apron or overalls.
Nib
The shaft of a wagon.
Bib
(cycling) Shorts which are held up by suspenders.
Nib
(transitive) To fit (a pen) with a nib.
Bib
A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat.
Nib
A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
Bib
A north Atlantic fish (Trisopterus luscus), allied to the cod.
Nib
The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
Bib
A bibb (bibcock).
Nib
The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.
Bib
(transitive) To dress (somebody) in a bib.
Nib
One of the handles which project from a scythe snath;
Bib
To drink heartily; to tipple.
Nib
See his nibs, below.
Bib
A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.
Nib
To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.
Bib
An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; - called also pout and whiting pout.
Nib
The writing point of a pen
Bib
A bibcock.
Nib
Horny projecting mouth of a bird
Bib
To drink; to tipple.
This miller hath . . . bibbed ale.
Bib
To drink; to sip; to tipple.
He was constantly bibbing.
Bib
Top part of an apron; covering the chest
Bib
A napkin tied under the chin a child while eating
Bib
Drink moderately but regularly;
We tippled the cognac
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