Pen vs. Neb — What's the Difference?

A pen is a common writing instrument used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. Historically, reed pens, quill pens, and dip pens were used, with a nib dipped in ink.

A beak of a bird.

An instrument for writing or drawing with ink, typically consisting of a metal nib or ball, or a nylon tip, fitted into a metal or plastic holder.

A nose or snout.

The tapering cartilaginous internal shell of a squid.

A projecting part, especially a nib.

A small enclosure in which sheep, pigs, or other farm animals are kept

A bird's beak or bill.

(in the West Indies) a farm or plantation.

(obsolete) A person's mouth.

A female swan.

A person's nose.

Short for penitentiary (sense 1)

The peak of a flat cap.

Write or compose

The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.

Put or keep (an animal) in a pen

A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.

A ballpoint pen.

A nib, as of a pen.

A fountain pen.

The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen.

A pen point.

A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose

A penholder and its pen point.

Horny projecting mouth of a bird

A quill.

An instrument for writing regarded as a means of expression

A writer or an author

A style of writing

A pen-shaped device containing something other than ink

Any of various other pen-shaped devices, such as a laser pointer.

The chitinous internal shell of a squid.

A pen shell.

Pens(Archaic) The primary feathers or wings of a bird.

A fenced enclosure for animals.

The animals kept in such an enclosure.

Any of various enclosures, such as a bullpen or playpen, used for a variety of purposes.

A roofed dock for submarines.

A female swan.

A penitentiary; a prison.

To write or compose

To confine in or as if in a pen.

An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

(slang) Penitentiary, i.e. a state or federal prison for convicted felons.

(baseball) The bullpen.

A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.

(figurative) A writer, or their style.

(colloquial) Marks of ink left by a pen.

A light pen.

(zoology) The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.

A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.

(poetic) A wing.

A female swan.

Penalty.

(transitive) To enclose in a pen.

(transitive) To write (an article, a book, etc.).

A feather.

A wing.

An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.

Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.

The internal shell of a squid.

A female swan; - contrasted with cob, the male swan.

A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.

A penitentiary[6]; a prison.

To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.

To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose.

A writing implement with a point from which ink flows

An enclosure for confining livestock

A portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play

A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

Female swan

Produce a literary work;