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Ink vs Inkball - What's the difference?

ink | inkball |

As nouns the difference between ink and inkball

is that ink is a pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc while inkball is the gall of an oak tree, used to produce ink.

As a verb ink

is to apply to; to cover or smear with ink.

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")

    inkball

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The gall of an oak tree, used to produce ink.
  • * 1946 , William A. Murrill, Familiar trees
    • The first tree I knew was an oak under which I played as a small child and gathered large inkballs that I used as marbles.
  • * 1975 , Jesse Stuart, My world (page 8)
    • I said that ink made from pokeberries was better than that made from inkballs . I said that inkballs on oak trees were scarce. All the other students laughed. They bought commercial ink at the stores.
  • A leather-covered dauber, stuffed with soft, resilient wadding, with a wooden handle, used to ink type forms for printing. A predecessor of brayers and self-inking presses.
  • * 1977 , Maurice Annenberg, A Typographic journey through the Inland printer, 1883-1900
  • * 2000 , Richard L. Saunders, Printing in Deseret
    • He turns to the inkstone and picks up by the handles the two inkballs , rolling the leather facings together to freshen the ink. As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.