knot vs fisherman's bend

fisherman's bend vs knot

knot and fisherman's bend both are nouns.

knot is a verb but fisherman's bend is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knot	Yes	No	Yes	No
fisherman's bend	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fisherman's bend is a hyponym of knot; that is, fisherman's bend 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
fisherman's bend: a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring

Other hyponyms of knot include barrel knot, blood knot, bow, bowknot, carrick bend, clove hitch, figure eight, figure of eight, 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)	fisherman's bend (noun)
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere	a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring
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)	fisherman's bend (verb)
tie or fasten into a knot
tangle or complicate
make into knots; make knots out of

Difference between knot and fisherman's bend

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