Knot and Order

Knot

Knot noun - A usually small number of persons considered as a unit.

Usage example: knots of people were quietly chatting around the meeting hall

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Order and knot are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Order" instead a noun "Knot".

Nearby Words: knotty, knotting

Order noun - The way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another.

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Knot and order are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knot" instead a noun "Order".

Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

good	good knot	good order
particular	particular knot	particular order
short	short knot	short order
complex	complex knot	complex order
Other adjectives: original, true, proper, single, simple, small, actual, large, wrong, chronological.

Nanashi in Sword of the Stranger keeps his sword sheathed with a peace knot preventing him from drawing it because he complied to his superior's order to execute a mother and her child during a raid and had nightmares about it ever since.

Source: Reluctant Warrior
Agents of Atlas revealed that the Golden Age heroine Venus is, contrary to previous portrayals, not the goddess of the same name who had her own series and joined the Champions(in order to cut the knot of a particular Continuity Snarl).

Source: Retcon / Comic Books
Cutting the Knot: In order to get into an elevator, Jack hauls out a knife and cuts through the wall to get in, which works because the wall is made of paper.Jack: Hollow?

Source: Film / Big Trouble in Little China

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