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Exacting vs Knotty - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between exacting and knotty

is that exacting is making excessive demands; hard to satisfy while knotty is full of knots.

As a verb exacting

is present participle of lang=en.

exacting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Making excessive demands; hard to satisfy.
  • Requiring precise accuracy

    • Synonyms

    * (excess attention to detail) See also * (careful attention to detail) See also

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * exactingly * exactingness

    knotty

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Full of knots.
    • knotty pine
  • Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult.
    • a knotty problem