The difference between Conglutinate and Knit

When used as verbs, conglutinate means to stick or glue together, whereas knit means to turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. this can be done by hand with needles or by machine.


Conglutinate is also adjective with the meaning: glued together.

Knit is also noun with the meaning: a knitted garment.

check bellow for the other definitions of Conglutinate and Knit

  1. Conglutinate as a verb:

    To stick or glue together.

  2. Conglutinate as a verb:

    To join together; to unite.

  1. Conglutinate as an adjective:

    Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

  1. Knit as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.

    Examples:

    "to knit a stocking"

    "The first generation knitted to order; the second still knits for its own use; the next leaves knitting to industrial manufacturers."

  2. Knit as a verb (figuratively, transitive):

    To join closely and firmly together.

    Examples:

    "The fight for survival knitted the men closely together."

  3. Knit as a verb (intransitive):

    To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.

  4. Knit as a verb (intransitive):

    To grow together.

    Examples:

    "All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border."

  5. Knit as a verb (transitive):

    To combine from various elements.

    Examples:

    "The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay."

  6. Knit as a verb (intransitive):

    Of bones: to heal following a fracture.

    Examples:

    "I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit."

  7. Knit as a verb (transitive):

    To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.

  8. Knit as a verb (transitive):

    To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

  1. Knit as a noun:

    A knitted garment.

  2. Knit as a noun:

    A session of knitting.