knot vs bunch

knot and bunch both are nouns.

knot and bunch both are verbs.

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

As nouns, bunch is a hypernym of knot; that is, bunch is a word with a broader meaning than knot:

knot: a tight cluster of people or things
bunch: a grouping of a number of similar things

Other hypernyms of knot include clump, cluster, clustering.

knot (noun)	bunch (noun)
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere	a grouping of a number of similar things
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object	an informal body of friends
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design	any collection in its entirety
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)	bunch (verb)
tie or fasten into a knot	gather or cause to gather into a cluster
tangle or complicate	form into a bunch
make into knots; make knots out of

Difference between knot and bunch

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