different between exacting vs knotty

English

Etymology

exact +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???zækt??/
• Rhymes: -ækt??
• Hyphenation: ex?act?ing

Adjective

exacting (comparative more exacting, superlative most exacting)

1. Making excessive demands; difficult to satisfy.
2. (of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
3. (of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.

Synonyms

• (difficult to satisfy): demanding
• (requiring precise accuracy, effort, care, or attention): demanding, niggly, pernickety
• (characterized by exaction): acquisitive, extortionate, grasping, money-grubbing, rapacious

Translations

Verb

exacting

1. Present participle and gerund of exact.

Derived terms

• exactingly
• exactingness

See also

• Thesaurus:fastidious
• Thesaurus:meticulous

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)

1. Full of knots.
2. 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

1. knotted, tied, linked
2. knotty, tangled, twisted
3. knobby, bumpy, clumped
4. knoblike, protruding

Descendants

• English: knotty
• Scots: knottie

References

• “knott?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.