Knob vs. Button — What's the Difference?

A rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something.

In modern clothing and fashion design, a button is a small fastener, now most commonly made of plastic but also may be made of metal, wood, or seashell, that joins two pieces of fabric together. In archaeology, a button can be a significant artifact.

A prominent round hill.

A small disc or knob sewn on to a garment, either to fasten it by being pushed through a slit made for the purpose or for decoration.

A man's penis.

A small device on a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which is pressed to operate it.

A small flock of wigeon, pochard, or teal (ducks)

A badge bearing a design or slogan and pinned to clothing.

(of a man) have sexual intercourse with (someone).

Fasten (clothing) with buttons

A rounded protuberance.

Stop talking.

A rounded handle, as on a drawer or door.

A generally disk-shaped fastener used to join two parts of a garment by fitting through a buttonhole or loop.

A rounded control switch or dial.

Such an object used for decoration.

A prominent rounded hill or mountain.

A push-button switch.

A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.

The blunt tip of a fencing foil.

A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.

A fused metal or glass globule.

A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.

In graphical user interface systems, a well-defined area within the interface that is clicked to select a command.

A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.

In a hypertext database, an icon that when selected allows a user to view a particular associated object.

A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.

An immature, unexpanded mushroom.

(geography) A prominent rounded hill.

The tip of a rattlesnake's rattle.

A woman's breast.

A usually round flat badge that bears a design or printed information and is typically pinned to a garment

The penis; dick.

(Informal) The end of the chin, regarded as the point of impact for a punch.

The head of the penis; the glans.

In card games, especially poker, a plastic disk or similar marker placed in front of the person who is designated as dealer for a particular hand. At the start of each hand, the first card is dealt to the left of the button and the dealing of cards continues clockwise around the table.

A contemptible person; dick.

The person who is in possession of this button.

The clitoris.

The position on the gaming table where this button is located.

(cooking) A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).

To fasten with buttons

A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.

To decorate or furnish with buttons.

A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.

(Informal) To close (the lips or mouth)

A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.

To be or be capable of being fastened with buttons

To have sex with.

A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.

A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.

A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.

(graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.

A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob.

(US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

See Knop.

(botany) A bud.

To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.

The head of an unexpanded mushroom.

A circular rounded projection or protuberance

(slang) The clitoris.

A round handle

(curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.

Any thickened enlargement

(fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.

An ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger

(poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.

(poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.

(archaic) A person who acts as a decoy.

A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.

(aviation) The end of a runway.

A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).

A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.

A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.

A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.

A small white blotch on a cat's coat.

A unit of length equal to 12 inch.

(generally with the) The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.

(lutherie) In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.

(lutherie) endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.

Synonym of adjuster.

The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.

(television) The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.

(comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).

(slang) A button man; a professional assassin.

The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.

A clove of garlic.

(zoology) Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.

(transitive) To fasten with a button.

(intransitive) To be fastened by a button or buttons.

(informal) To stop talking.

A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.

A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other; - used also for ornament.

A bud; a germ of a plant.

A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door.

A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.

To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; - often followed by up.

To dress or clothe.

To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.

A round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

An electrical switch operated by pressing a button;

Any of various plant parts that resemble buttons

A female sexual organ homologous to the penis

Provide with buttons;

Fasten with buttons;