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knickknack vs oddment

oddment vs knickknack

knickknack and oddment both are nouns.

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

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