knot vs barrel knot

barrel knot vs knot

knot and barrel knot both are nouns.

knot is a verb but barrel knot is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knot	Yes	No	Yes	No
barrel knot	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, barrel knot is a hyponym of knot; that is, barrel knot is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than knot:

knot: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
barrel knot: a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times

Other hyponyms of knot include blood knot, bow, bowknot, carrick bend, clove hitch, figure eight, figure of eight, fisherman's bend, fisherman's knot, true lover's knot, truelove knot, Gordian knot, half hitch, hawser bend, hitch, loop knot, love knot, lover's knot, lovers' knot, true lover's knot, true lovers' knot, overhand knot, prolonge knot, sailor's breastplate, sheepshank, slipknot, square knot, stopper knot, surgeon's knot, Turk's head.

knot (noun)	barrel knot (noun)
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere	a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
a tight cluster of people or things
something twisted and tight and swollen
a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
(of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour

knot (verb)	barrel knot (verb)
tie or fasten into a knot
tangle or complicate
make into knots; make knots out of

Difference between knot and barrel knot

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