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knickknack vs curio

curio vs knickknack

knickknack and curio both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
knickknack Yes No No No
curio Yes No No No
As nouns, curio is a hypernym of knickknack; that is, curio is a word with a broader meaning than knickknack:
  • knickknack: miscellaneous curios
  • curio: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Other hypernyms of knickknack include curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity.
knickknack (noun) curio (noun)
miscellaneous curios something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
a small inexpensive mass-produced article
Difference between knickknack and curio

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