stylo — meaning in English

English meaning

• pen noun A handheld tool used for writing or drawing with ink.
• stylus noun An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.

Senses

stylo is used for these senses in English:

• pen A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.

pen — full definition

1. noun A handheld tool used for writing or drawing with ink.
2. noun A small fenced enclosure for keeping animals.
3. verb To write something, especially a piece of text.
4. verb To shut an animal or person into an enclosed space.

stylus — full definition

1. noun An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
2. noun A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing.
3. noun A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
4. noun A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.

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