knight vs entitle

knight is a noun but entitle is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knight	Yes	No	Yes	No
entitle	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, entitle is a hypernym of knight; that is, entitle is a word with a broader meaning than knight:

Other hypernyms of knight include ennoble, gentle.

knight (noun)	entitle (noun)
a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

knight (verb)	entitle (verb)
raise (someone) to knighthood	give a title to
	give the right to
	give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility