What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Gnarled vs Knobbly - What's the difference?

gnarled | knobbly |

As adjectives the difference between gnarled and knobbly

is that gnarled is knotty and misshapen while knobbly is having a covering of small knobs.

As a verb gnarled

is (gnarl) or gnarled can be (gnarl).

gnarled

English

Etymology 1

First attested Shakespeare 1603: : Thy sharpe and sulpherous bolt Splits the vn-wedgable [unwedgable] and gnarled Oke [oak]. : Measure for Measure, Act II, scene ii, line 116 Variant of knurled,OEDBarnhart from knurl. Surface analysis is is a later back-formation. Popular use by 19th century.

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Knotty and misshapen.
  • *
  • *:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
  • Made rough by age or hard work.
    • Synonyms
    * gnarly
    Derived terms
    * gnarl

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gnarl)

    • Etymology 2

    See (gnarl)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gnarl)

    • References

    Anagrams

    *

    knobbly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having a covering of small knobs

    • Related terms

    * knobby

    Derived terms

    * knobbly-knees competition