knotted vs knotty

knotted and knotty both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knotted	No	Yes	No	No
knotty	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, knotted and knotty are synonyms defined as:

knotted and knotty: used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

Other synonyms of knotted include gnarled, gnarly, knobbed.

knotted (adjective)	knotty (adjective)
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots	highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
tied with a knot	used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
	making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
	tangled in knots or snarls