knotty vs convoluted

knotty and convoluted both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, knotty and convoluted are synonyms defined as:

knotty and convoluted: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

Other synonyms of knotty include Byzantine, involved, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous.

knotty (adjective)	convoluted (adjective)
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious	rolled longitudinally upon itself
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots	highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
tangled in knots or snarls