knot vs fastening

fastening vs knot

knot and fastening both are nouns.

knot is a verb but fastening is not a verb.

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

As nouns, fastening is a hypernym of knot; that is, fastening is a word with a broader 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
fastening: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Other hypernyms of knot include fastener, fixing, holdfast.

knot (noun)	fastening (noun)
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere	the act of fastening things together
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object	restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
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)	fastening (verb)
tie or fasten into a knot
tangle or complicate
make into knots; make knots out of

Difference between knot and fastening

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