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Unfathomable vs Knotty - What's the difference?

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Unfathomable is a related term of knotty.


As adjectives the difference between unfathomable and knotty

is that unfathomable is impossible to fathom or understand; incomprehensible while knotty is full of knots.

unfathomable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Impossible to fathom or understand; incomprehensible.
    • The sheer numbers they attacked with were unfathomable .
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    • , passage=Suggestions that those leaders are irrational and their decisions unfathomable are remarkably shallow. North Korea is not a theocracy led by zealots who preach the rewards of the afterlife.}}
  • Difficult to penetrate.

    • Antonyms

    * (l)

    See also

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    knotty

    English

    Adjective

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