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Troublesome vs Knotty - What's the difference?

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Troublesome is a related term of knotty.


As adjectives the difference between troublesome and knotty

is that troublesome is giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome while knotty is full of knots.

troublesome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
    • The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * untroublesome * nontroublesome

    knotty

    English

    Adjective

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