knot vs hawser bend

hawser bend vs knot

knot and hawser bend both are nouns.

knot is a verb but hawser bend is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knot	Yes	No	Yes	No
hawser bend	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hawser bend is a hyponym of knot; that is, hawser 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
hawser bend: a knot uniting the ends of two lines

Other hyponyms of knot include barrel knot, 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, 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)	hawser bend (noun)
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere	a knot uniting the ends of two lines
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)	hawser bend (verb)
tie or fasten into a knot
tangle or complicate
make into knots; make knots out of

Difference between knot and hawser bend

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