intertwine vs knot

knot vs intertwine

intertwine is not a noun while knot is a noun.

intertwine and knot both are verbs.

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

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

intertwine: spin, wind, or twist together
knot: tangle or complicate

Other hyponyms of intertwine include wind, wreathe, wattle, plash, pleach, ravel, tangle, splice.

intertwine (noun)	knot (noun)
	a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
	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

intertwine (verb)	knot (verb)
spin, wind, or twist together	tie or fasten into a knot
make a loop in	tangle or complicate
make lacework by knotting or looping	make into knots; make knots out of

Difference between intertwine and knot

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