different between confusing vs knotty
confusing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?fju?z??/
Adjective
confusing (comparative more confusing, superlative most confusing)
- difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc
- Several sections in that book are really confusing.
Synonyms
- muddlesome
- mistakable
- misleading
Related terms
- confuse
- confused
- confusion
Translations
Verb
confusing
- present participle of confuse
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- confusing what is real
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knotty
English
Etymology
From Middle English knotty, knotti, equivalent to knot +? -y. Compare Dutch knoestig (“knotty”), German knotig (“knotty”), Swedish knutig, knotig (“knotty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?ti/
- Homophone: naughty (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
- Rhymes: -?ti
Adjective
knotty (comparative knottier or more knotty, superlative knottiest or most knotty)
- Full of knots.
- Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult.
- Synonyms: intricate, thorny
Derived terms
- Knotty Ash
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- knotti, cnotti
Etymology
From knotte +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kn?ti?/
Adjective
knotty
- knotted, tied, linked
- knotty, tangled, twisted
- knobby, bumpy, clumped
- knoblike, protruding
Descendants
- English: knotty
- Scots: knottie
References
- “knott?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
knotty From the web:
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- knotty what does this mean
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- what is knotty alder
- what causes knotty hair
- what is knotty alder wood
- what does knotty pine look like
- what is knotty cedar
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