roughness vs knot

knot vs roughness

roughness and knot both are nouns.

roughness is not a verb while knot is a verb.

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

As nouns, knot is a hyponym of roughness; that is, knot is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than roughness:

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

Other hyponyms of roughness include scaliness, coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness, burl, slub, abrasiveness, harshness, scratchiness, coarseness, graininess, granularity, shagginess, bumpiness, bristliness, prickliness, spininess, thorniness.

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

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

Difference between roughness and knot

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