tangled vs knotty

tangled and knotty both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, tangled and knotty are synonyms defined as:

tangled and knotty: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

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

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