gnarl vs knop

gnarl

noun
  • Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs. 

  • A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. 

adj
  • Gnarled, knotty, twisted. 

verb
  • To knot or twist something. 

  • To snarl or growl; to gnar. 

knop

noun
  • A knob, usually ornamental 

How often have the words gnarl and knop occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )