Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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tangle | Yes | No | Yes | No |
knot | Yes | No | Yes | No |
tangle (noun) | knot (noun) |
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something jumbled or confused | a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere |
a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven | 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 |
tangle (verb) | knot (verb) |
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twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | tie or fasten into a knot |
disarrange or rumple; dishevel | tangle or complicate |
tangle or complicate | make into knots; make knots out of |
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action |