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knot vs rate

rate vs knot

knot and rate both are nouns.

knot and rate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
knot Yes No Yes No
rate Yes No Yes No
As nouns, rate is a hypernym of knot; that is, rate is a word with a broader meaning than knot:
  • knot: (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
  • rate: a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
knot (noun) rate (noun)
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere the relative speed of progress or change
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure
a tight cluster of people or things a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
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) rate (verb)
tie or fasten into a knot assign a rank or rating to
tangle or complicate estimate the value of
make into knots; make knots out of be worthy of or have a certain rating
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