Bind vs Knit - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between bind and knit

is that bind is to put together in a cover, as of books while knit is to form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.

As verbs the difference between bind and knit

is that bind is to tie; to confine by any ligature while knit is and to turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other this can be done by hand with needles or by machine.

As a noun bind

is that which binds or ties.

bind

English

Verb

To tie; to confine by any ligature.

* (rfdate) (Shakespeare)

They that reap must sheaf and bind .

To cohere or stick together in a mass.

''Just to make the cheese more binding

* (rfdate) (Mortimer)

clay binds by heat.

To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.

To exert a binding or restraining influence.

These are the ties that bind .

To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.

to bind''' grain in bundles; to '''bind a prisoner.

To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.

Gravity binds the planets to the sun.

Frost binds the earth.

* (rfdate) Job xxviii. 11.

He bindeth the floods from overflowing.

* (rfdate) Luke xiii. 16.

Whom Satan hath bound , lo, these eighteen years.

To couple.

(figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.

to bind''' the conscience; to '''bind''' by kindness; '''bound''' by affection; commerce '''binds nations to each other.

* (rfdate) (Milton)

Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.

(legal) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.

(legal) To place under legal obligation to serve.

to bind''' an apprentice; '''bound out to service

To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

(archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.

to bind a belt about one

to bind a compress upon a wound.

(archaic) To cover, as with a bandage.

to bind up a wound.

(archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.

certain drugs bind the bowels.

To put together in a cover, as of books.

The three novels were bound together.

(computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.

* 2008 , Bryan O'Sullivan, John Goerzen, Donald Bruce Stewart, Real World Haskell (page 33)

We bind the variable n to the value 2, and xs to "abcd".

* 2009 , Robert Pickering, Beginning F# (page 123)

You can bind an identifier to an object of a derived type, as you did earlier when you bound a string to an identifier of type obj

Synonyms

* fetter, make fast, tie, fasten, restrain * bandage, dress * restrain, restrict, obligate * * indenture

Derived terms

* bind over - to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc. * bind to - to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife. * bind up in - to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.

Derived terms

* bindweed

Noun

(en noun)

That which binds or ties.

A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.

Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.

(music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.

(chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.

the Maróczy Bind

Synonyms

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knit

English

(Knitting)

Verb

and To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.

to knit a stocking

The first generation knitted''' to order; the second still '''knits''' for its own use; the next leaves '''knitting to industrial manufacturers.

(figuratively) To join closely and firmly together.

The fight for survival knitted the men closely together.

* Wiseman

Nature cannot knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge.

* Shakespeare

Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit .

* Milton

Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, / In a light fantastic round.

* Tennyson

A link among the days, to knit / The generations each to each.

To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.

To grow together.

All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border.

To combine from various elements.

The witness knitted his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.

To heal (of bones) following a fracture.

I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit .''

To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.

* Bible, Acts x. 11

a great sheet knit at the four corners

* Shakespeare

When your head did but ache, / I knit my handkercher about your brows.

To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

* Shakespeare

He knits his brow and shows an angry eye.

Derived terms

* close-knit * knit one's brow / knit one's brows * knitter * knitting * knitting needle * knitwear * stick to one's knitting