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Ip vs Ink - What's the difference?

ip | ink |

As nouns the difference between ip and ink

is that ip is string, (a long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together) while ink is a pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.

As a verb ink is

to apply to; to cover or smear with ink.

ip

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal, uncountable) intellectual property
  • (motion picture, countable) interpositive
  • (baseball, countable, invariant)
  • (biology, uncountable) immunoprecipitation
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Internet, networking) Internet Protocol
  • (cryptography) initial permutation
  • Derived terms

    * (Internet Protocol)

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • (grammar, X-bar theory) (Inflectional phrase)
  • Hypernyms

    * XP

    Anagrams

    *

    ink

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
  • (countable) A particular type, color or container of this fluid.
  • The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.
  • (slang, uncountable) Publicity.
  • The TSA has been getting a lot of ink lately.
  • (slang, uncountable) Tattoo work.
  • * 1998 , Richard Dooling, Brain storm
  • "I saw it hanging on the wall of a tattoo hut where I went to get some ink done ten years ago," he stuttered, flushing in splotches and squirming in his chair.
  • * 1998 , The Offspring, (song)
  • Now he's getting a tattoo. / Yeah, he's getting ink done. / He asked for a 13, / But they drew a 31.
  • (slang) Cheap red wine.
  • Synonyms

    * ballyhoo, flak, hype, hoopla, plug, spotlight * paint

    Derived terms

    * India ink, Indian ink * inky * ink jet * inkstand * inkwell * octopus ink * you don't dip your pen in company ink

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To apply to; to cover or smear with ink.
  • To sign (a document) (with or as if with ink).
  • To apply a tattoo to (someone).
  • Synonyms

    * (sign) endorse, initial, inscribe, subscribe

    Anagrams

    * kin

    See also

    * dye * (wikipedia "ink")