knot vs holdfast

holdfast vs knot

knot and holdfast both are nouns.

knot is a verb but holdfast is not a verb.

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

As nouns, holdfast is a hypernym of knot; that is, holdfast 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
holdfast: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Other hypernyms of knot include fastener, fastening, fixing.

knot (noun)	holdfast (noun)
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere	restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
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)	holdfast (verb)
tie or fasten into a knot
tangle or complicate
make into knots; make knots out of

Difference between knot and holdfast

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