Crook vs. Knee — What's the Difference?

An implement or tool, such as a bishop's crosier or a shepherd's staff, with a bent or curved part.

In humans and other primates, the knee joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two joints: one between the femur and tibia (tibiofemoral joint), and one between the femur and patella (patellofemoral joint). It is the largest joint in the human body.

A part that is curved or bent like a hook.

The joint between the thigh and the lower leg, formed by the articulation of the femur and the tibia and covered anteriorly by the patella.

A curve or bend; a turn

The region of the leg that encloses and supports this joint.

(Informal) One who makes a living by dishonest methods.

An analogous joint or part of a leg of a quadruped vertebrate.

To make a crook in; bend

The joint between the femur and the tibia in an insect leg.

To bend or curve.

Something resembling the human knee, such as a bent piece of pipe.

Out of order; faulty.

The part of a garment, as of trousers, that covers the knee.

Not well; ill.

A vertical, often conical, woody projection arising from the roots of certain swamp-growing trees

Of poor quality; inferior.

To strike with the knee.

Not honest; crooked.

In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.

In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.

A bending of the knee; a genuflection.

The part of a garment that covers the knee.

A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).

(shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.

(obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.

(with the verb "take") An act of kneeling on one knee, typically to acknowledge an injury or sacrifice or otherwise to show respect.

(obsolete) A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.

(archaic) An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.

A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.

Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.

A bishop's standard staff of office.

A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.

An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.

To kneel to.

A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.

(transitive) To poke or strike with the knee.

A pothook.

(reflexive) To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.

(music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.

In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.

(transitive) To bend, or form into a hook.

The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.

(intransitive) To become bent or hooked.

A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.

To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.

Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.

To supplicate by kneeling.

Ill, sick.

Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

Annoyed, angry; upset.

Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.

Cloth covering consisting of the part of a trouser leg that covers the knee

Any implement having a bent or crooked end.

A pothook.

An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.

A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.

A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc.

To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.

Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime

A circular segment of a curve;

A long staff with one end being hook shaped

Bend or cause to bend;