plank vs knot

plank and knot both are nouns.

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

plank (noun)	knot (noun)
an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party	a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes	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

plank (verb)	knot (verb)
cook and serve on a plank	tie or fasten into a knot
cover with planks	tangle or complicate
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise	make into knots; make knots out of