stop vs knob

stop and knob both are nouns.

stop is a verb but knob is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stop	Yes	No	Yes	No
knob	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, knob is a hypernym of stop; that is, knob is a word with a broader meaning than stop:

stop: (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
knob: a round handle

stop (noun)	knob (noun)
the act of stopping something	a round handle
a brief stay in the course of a journey	a circular rounded projection or protuberance
a restraint that checks the motion of something	an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
an obstruction in a pipe or tube	any thickened enlargement
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
the event of something ending
a spot where something halts or pauses
the state of inactivity following an interruption

stop (verb)	knob (verb)
prevent completion
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
seize on its way
render unsuitable for passage
come to a halt, stop moving
cause to end
interrupt a trip
stop from happening or developing
put an end to a state or an activity
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

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