Knob vs Drawer - What's the difference?
knob | drawer |
A rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch.
(geography) A prominent rounded hill.
A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
(plural) breasts.
(British, NZ, slang) A penis.
(slang, pejorative) A contemptible person.
(cooking) A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter)
(British, slang, vulgar, of a man) To have sex with.
An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
(non-gloss definition); one who draws.
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An artist who primarily makes drawings.
(banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
A barman; a man who draws the beer from the taps.
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Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.(w)
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As nouns the difference between knob and drawer
is that knob is a rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch while drawer is an open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.As a verb knob
is (british|slang|vulgar|of a man) to have sex with.knob
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* doorknob * knob-and-tubeVerb
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(wikipedia drawer)Noun
(en noun)Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory”, NYTimes.com :
- Lawyers for Mr. Abbott argued that the maps were drawn to help Republicans maintain power but not to discriminate, and that drawers did not know where district offices were located.
- When the good lieutenant applied himself to the door, he applied himself likewise to the bell; and the drawer immediately attending, he dispatched him for a file of musqueteers and a surgeon.
F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer . He had disappeared.}}