knot vs clove hitch

clove hitch vs knot

knot and clove hitch both are nouns.

knot is a verb but clove hitch is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knot	Yes	No	Yes	No
clove hitch	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, clove hitch is a hyponym of knot; that is, clove hitch 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
clove hitch: a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar

Other hyponyms of knot include barrel knot, blood knot, bow, bowknot, carrick bend, 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)	clove hitch (noun)
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere	a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar
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)	clove hitch (verb)
tie or fasten into a knot
tangle or complicate
make into knots; make knots out of

Difference between knot and clove hitch

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