Stylus vs Probe - What's the difference?
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A sharp stick used in ancient times for writing in clay tablets or other surfaces; a sharp tool for engraving.
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A phonograph needle.
A small plastic stick used as a pen for writing on the touch sensitive screen of an electronic gadget.
A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
(figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.
An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
(figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.
(aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.
(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.
(astronautics) A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.
(game of go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy
(intransitive) To explore, investigate, or question
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To insert a probe into.
As a noun stylus
is a sharp stick used in ancient times for writing in clay tablets or other surfaces; a sharp tool for engraving.As a verb probe is
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English
(wikipedia stylus)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* stylograph * stylophoneprobe
English
Noun
(en noun)- They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.
- Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.
Synonyms
* (game of go ) yosu-miruDerived terms
* probe-and-drogueVerb
(prob)- If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.
- the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown