different between knotted vs twisted

English

Etymology

From Middle English knotted, iknotted, from the past participle of the verb knotten.

Adjective

knotted (comparative more knotted, superlative most knotted)

1. Full of knots; knotty.
2. Tied in knots.
3. Tangled, tangly, knotty, entangled, matted, snarled, unkempt, or uncombed.
4. Having the shape or form of a knot.

Translations

Verb

knotted

1. simple past tense and past participle of knot

Middle English

Alternative forms

• knottid, knottyd, iknotted, icnottet, cnottede, cnotted, icnotten

Etymology

The past participle of a rare verb knotten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kn?t?d/, /i?kn?t?d/, /??kn?t?d/

Adjective

knotted

1. knotted, knotty, tangled
2. tied, linked
3. lumpy, bumpy

Descendants

• English: knotted
• Scots: knottit

References

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tw?st?d/

Verb

twisted

1. simple past tense and past participle of twist

Adjective

twisted (comparative more twisted, superlative most twisted)

1. Contorted.
2. Wound spirally.
3. Mentally disturbed or unsound.

   The murders were committed by a twisted sociopath.

4. Under the influence of multiple intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• (contorted): pretzelled
• (wound spirally): coiled
• (mentally disturbed): deranged, disturbed, perverted, sick, warped
• (intoxicated): See Thesaurus:drunk or Thesaurus:stoned

Translations

Anagrams

• Dewitts