knit vs crease

knit and crease both are nouns.

knit and crease both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knit	Yes	No	Yes	No
crease	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, crease is a hypernym of knit; that is, crease is a word with a broader meaning than knit:

knit: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
crease: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

Other hypernyms of knit include crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle.

knit (noun)	crease (noun)
needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine	a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side	a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
a fabric made by knitting	an angular or rounded shape made by folding

knit (verb)	crease (verb)
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds	become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
make (textiles) by knitting	make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic
tie or link together	make wrinkled or creased
	scrape gently

Difference between knit and crease

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