What's the difference between hitch and knot?

Hitch


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
  • (v. t.) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.
  • (v. t.) To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
  • (v. t.) To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter.
  • (v. t.) To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
  • (n.) A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
  • (n.) The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
  • (n.) A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.
  • (n.) A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.
  • (n.) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.
  • (n.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But there is one hitch: the four-storey building in Hammersmith is already home to more than 20 voluntary groups working with refugees, the homeless, former young offenders and a range of ethnic minorities including Kurds, Iranians and Iraqis – and they will have to move.
  • (2) One bleeding of 200 ml from a wounded intercostal vessel ligated with a clip was the sole operative hitch.
  • (3) If the deal is completed without a hitch the winger will join his team-mates in Hong Kong, where André Villas-Boas's side will compete in the Asia Trophy.
  • (4) Successful reconstruction of a neoureter was performed easily with the Boari bladder flap coupled with nephropexy and a psoas hitch.
  • (5) Follow-up observations revealed the presence of VUR in 2 patients who underwent surgery by the initial form of Boari's method and in 1 patient who underwent surgery by the psoas-hitch method.
  • (6) It is suggested that spontaneously occurring cryptic lesions that are themselves unable to induce the SOS system are subject to translesion synthesis under these conditions and trigger a burst of hitch-hiking mutations that are therefore effectively umuC dependent.
  • (7) They – we – had come by bus, plane, train, car and hitch-hiker's thumb to demonstrate to ourselves and a watching world that there was a better, more righteous America than the Birmingham of Bull Connor who had set the dogs and fire hoses on black children.
  • (8) Nine patients underwent adjunctive procedures in addition to bladder augmentation, including a Young-Dees-Leadbetter procedure in 4, an artificial urinary sphincter in 3, transureteroureterostomy and psoas hitch in 1, and a Mitrofanoff procedure and bladder neck closure in 1.
  • (9) We can’t complain if we’re not involved.” Buhari, the first opposition candidate with a realistic chance of defeating a sitting Nigerian president, was accredited without a hitch using the card reader in his hometown of Daura, in northern Katsina state.
  • (10) When I asked “What about the women?” I was told I could hitch a ride in a team car and watch.
  • (11) In most instances, DM are noncentromeric and distributed by a 'hitch-hiking' mechanism at mitosis; in one colcemid-resistant SEWA line, however, we have shown that the DM carry active centromeres.
  • (12) Combining the bladder-psoas hitch Boari-flap technique makes it possible to replace the entire ureter.
  • (13) George Osborne has had to go to China to get them to bail out this project, hitching our nuclear energy future to the Chinese state for 100 years,” he said.
  • (14) All this meant it had finally found a consistent identity and could hitch a ride as digital radio’s takeup grew.
  • (15) Nine patients with injury to the pelvic portion of the ureter successfully underwent the psoas-bladder hitch procedure and tunnelization as an antireflux measure.
  • (16) Simon Burnton is taking over for a while, you can email him at simon.burnton@the guardian.com Updated at 8.15pm BST 8.10pm BST Herrera is still on, just a technical hitch AS English (@English_AS) Man Utd's reps have just left the LFP offices without leaving Herrera's buy-out clause, apparently they need to sort out more paperwork.
  • (17) The acting director of the Australian Antarctic division of the department of environment, Jason Mundy, said the rescue was carried out without a hitch and it was a relief to have all passengers on board the Aurora Australis.
  • (18) Wing Commander Matt Radnall, 42, the very last British serviceman to depart, said: “To see the Afghans step up to the plate without any hitch or delay, as briefed, as rehearsed and as expected, it was just fantastic.” From that moment of the helicopters’ departure, the base was under Afghan command – a prospect that many believe will lead to the Taliban attempting to breach its 24-kilometre perimeter.
  • (19) The psoas hitch procedure is a simple and effective alternative in the management of distal ureter length defects.
  • (20) Continuity and good functional result was achieved with a Boari flap and psoas hitch to the renal pelvis.

Knot


Definition:

  • (n.) A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc.
  • (n.) A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.
  • (n.) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself.
  • (n.) An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.
  • (n.) A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
  • (n.) Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem.
  • (n.) A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians.
  • (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.
  • (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
  • (n.) A protuberant joint in a plant.
  • (n.) The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
  • (n.) See Node.
  • (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour.
  • (n.) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.
  • (n.) A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.
  • (n.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.
  • (v. t.) To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle.
  • (v. t.) To unite closely; to knit together.
  • (v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
  • (v. i.) To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled.
  • (v. i.) To knit knots for fringe or trimming.
  • (v. i.) To copulate; -- said of toads.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Two years ago I met a wonderful man and we now feel it’s time to tie the knot.
  • (2) The tinsel coiled around a jug of squash and bauble in the strip lighting made a golf-ball size knot of guilt burn in my throat.
  • (3) It is emphasized that surgeons should be more aware of the relationship of the holding power of surgical knots to not only the knot-typing technique but also the kind of suture material used.
  • (4) When a supercoiled substrate bearing two FLP target sequences in inverse orientation is treated with FLP, the products are multiply knotted structures that arise as a result of random entrapment of interdomainal supercoils.
  • (5) In principle, the more turns and throws the stronger the knot.
  • (6) Also numerous small knots on the small intestine, peritoneum, and omentum, as well as a considerable amount of ascites were observed.
  • (7) Suture knots are buried in the sclera to minimize the risk of late-onset endophthalmitis.
  • (8) The catheter with intact triple knots could be withdrawn without an invasive maneuver.
  • (9) A more detailed analysis of the products from recombination between wild-type sites indicates: (1) that the catenanes or knots produced by recombination are both simple and complex; (2) that the ratio of free products to catenanes is independent of the distance between the two directly repeated loxP sites; and (3) that for DNA substrates with four loxP sites significant recombination between non-adjacent sites occurs to give free circular products.
  • (10) This article studies the different knots, modalities and sutures.
  • (11) The mechanical performance of these sutures was judged by the following parameters: knot breakage force, configuration of secure knots, and knot run down force.
  • (12) This could be of important use in expediting root-knot nematode resistance (based on the Aps 1-linked resistance gene Mi) screening for breeding programs, or F1 testing for seed production purposes.
  • (13) After this manoeuvre, both the introducer and the small knot could be withdrawn from the jugular vein without further incident.
  • (14) The former appears characteristic of circularly bent DNA and gives rise to a substantial retardation, the latter of bending across a knot or kink in the DNA chain associated with a relatively minor retardation relative to standards.
  • (15) The suture appears to be solid, and the knots do not loosen.
  • (16) Now before you get your knickers in a knot, of course I love my children – and I do a decent job of caring for them.
  • (17) With respect to handling, knotting, tissue drag, absorption, and postoperative complications, the improved Dexon suture was found to be well suited for use in cataract surgery.
  • (18) The reduced phacoemulsification incision size in combination with a scleral pocket closed with a continuous single knotted 10-0 monofilament nylon suture under tonometric and keratometric control significantly dampens the changes in corneal astigmatism during the early and late postoperative periods.
  • (19) Two new triterpenoid saponins, wistariasaponins D [1] amd G [2], and the known saponin dehydrosoyasaponin I [3] were isolated from the knots of Wistaria brachybotrys.
  • (20) Loose ends in efforts to untangle the Gordian knot of Syria | Letters Read more “What is important is Russia has to not be engaged in any activities against anybody but [Isis],” secretary of state John Kerry said.