bowline

As nouns the difference between bowline and towline

is that bowline is a knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope; it will not slip or jam while towline is a line or rope used for towing a vehicle.

As an adjective bowlike

is resembling a bow (bent frame for firing arrows) or some aspect of one.

As a noun bowline is

a knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope; it will not slip or jam.

As nouns the difference between bowline and browline

is that bowline is (nautical) a knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope; it will not slip or jam while browline is the line of the brow.

As nouns the difference between bowling and bowline

is that bowling is a game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling while bowline is (nautical) a knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope; it will not slip or jam.

As a verb bowling

is .