knot vs roughness

roughness vs knot

knot and roughness both are nouns.

knot is a verb but roughness is not a verb.

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

As nouns, roughness is a hypernym of knot; that is, roughness is a word with a broader meaning than knot:

knot: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
roughness: a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven

Other hypernyms of knot include raggedness.

knot (noun)	roughness (noun)
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere	harsh or severe speech or behavior
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object	a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design	the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
a tight cluster of people or things	an unpolished unrefined quality
something twisted and tight and swollen	the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged	used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
(of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour	rowdy behavior

knot (verb)	roughness (verb)
tie or fasten into a knot
tangle or complicate
make into knots; make knots out of

Difference between knot and roughness

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