Knell vs Gong - What's the difference?

Knell is a related term of gong.

is that knell is the sound of a bell knelling; a toll while gong is cangue.

is to ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.

(en verb)

to ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee

* , The New Timon. A romance of London , Chapter 86

Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, / Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word, alone .

to signal or proclaim something by ringing a bell.

(en noun)

the sound of a bell knelling; a toll.

* 1750 , , Line 1

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,

* death knell

(wikipedia gong) From (etyl) gong

(en noun)

(musici) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.

(British, informal) A medal or award.

To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.

* 1903 , H. G. Wells, The Truth About Pyecraft

Poor old Pyecraft! He has just gonged , no doubt to order another buttered tea-cake!

(en noun)

(obsolete) A privy or jakes.

* gong farmer ----