Question

Compare the words knit and gnome. How are they alike? How are they different?

Answer 1

Knit and gnome are similar in that both words have a silent letter/sound:
Silent letter is the letter in a word that is not pronounciated when you read it. in knit, you don't read the K sound in the beginning, and in gnome, you don't read the G sound in the beginning. 

When it comes to differences:
- the obvious one of them is the meaning
- knit is a verb, whereas gnome is a noun - They are also spelled differently, because they are different words.

Answer 2

First of all, they are alike because both of them has a silent first letter. They are also alike because they both have 1 syllable. They are different because the silent letter in both words is different. They also have completely different meanings.