Gordian knot vs knot

knot vs Gordian knot

Gordian knot and knot both are nouns.

Gordian knot is not a verb while knot is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Gordian knot	Yes	No	No	No
knot	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, knot is a hypernym of Gordian knot; that is, knot is a word with a broader meaning than Gordian knot:

Gordian knot: an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia
knot: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

Gordian knot (noun)	knot (noun)
an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia	a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms	any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
	soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
	a tight cluster of people or things
	something twisted and tight and swollen
	a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
	(of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour

Gordian knot (verb)	knot (verb)
	tie or fasten into a knot
	tangle or complicate
	make into knots; make knots out of

Difference between Gordian knot and knot

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