Would someone teach you how to knit or nit? When a guest comes to your house, would he knock or nock on your door? Would you tie a knot, a not, or a naught? Do you breathe with your nose or knows?
knit, nit
To knit is to make a garment by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
Janine’s grandmother taught her how to knit.
A nit is the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
Even though the nit she found in her hair was dead, she freaked.
knob, nob
A knob is a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
The front door needed a new knob.
Nob is a slang term for the head.
The poor fellow was dropped on his nob when he was a baby.
knobby, nobby
If a tree is knobby, it is full of or covered with knobs.
The yard was full of knobby old trees.
Nobby means fashionable or elegant, stylish, or chic.
His nobby clothing made him stand out from the rest of the rest of the crowd.
knock, nock
To knock is to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal.
Instead of gently knocking on the door, the enraged man raised his fist and pounded, demanding to be let in.
A nock is a notch or groove at the end of an arrow into which the bowstring fits.
Johnny’s dad taught him how to nock an arrow.
knot, naught, not
A knot is an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
It took her hours to figure out how to loosen the knot binding the rope tied around her wrists.
Naught is nothing.
His plan came to naught.
Not is used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.
After being told that she was not allowed to go out with her friends until her homework was done, Jenny rushed through doing the work.
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know, no
To know is to perceive or understand as fact or truth, to apprehend clearly and with certainty.
Do you know how to climb a mountain?
No is a negative used to express dissent, denial, or refusal, as in response to a question or request.
No, we’re not ready to go to the store yet.
knows, noes or nos, nose
Knows means possesses knowledge.
She knows the truth, and the truth has set her free.
Nos or noes is the plural of no, a negative used to express dissent, denial, or refusal, as in response to a question or request.
The nos that the toddler had been told didn’t discourage him from asking the same question over and over and over.
The nose is the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration.
The hurricane-force winds slammed a branch into his face that broke his nose.
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