knitting stitch vs knit

knitting stitch and knit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knitting stitch	Yes	No	No	No
knit	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, knit is a hyponym of knitting stitch; that is, knit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than knitting stitch:

knitting stitch: a stitch taken in knitting
knit: a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

Other hyponyms of knitting stitch include garter stitch, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch, purl, purl stitch, stockinette stitch.

knitting stitch (noun)	knit (noun)
a stitch taken in knitting	needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
	a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
	a fabric made by knitting

knitting stitch (verb)	knit (verb)
	to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
	make (textiles) by knitting
	tie or link together