fastening vs knot

knot vs fastening

fastening and knot both are nouns.

fastening is not a verb while knot is a verb.

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

As nouns, knot is a hyponym of fastening; that is, knot is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fastening:

fastening: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
knot: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

Other hyponyms of fastening include bellyband, buckle, button, carabiner, karabiner, snap ring, catch, clasp, cleat, clinch, clip, clothes peg, clothes pin, clothespin, corrugated fastener, wiggle nail, cottar, cotter, cringle, eyelet, grommet, grummet, loop, dowel, dowel pin, joggle, fillet, stopping, hook and eye, lashing, link, linkup, tie-in, tie, lock, locker, nail, nut and bolt, paper fastener, pin, screw, seal, seal, sealing wax, slide fastener, zip, zip fastener, zipper, press stud, snap, snap fastener, toggle, toggle bolt, hair clip.

fastening (noun)	knot (noun)
the act of fastening things together	a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place	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

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

Difference between fastening and knot

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