Knob or knob means a ( usually ) round piece attached to a door or drawer for a handle --
The knob fell off, and we can't open the door.
One knob is missing; we'll have to buy a new set that will match the holes.
Nob or nob ( rhymes with knob ) means a wealthy person --
They called this Nob Hill because the wealthy built mansions here.
He's a nob; he only speaks to other millionaires.
Now that you know that, you can say --
"This door knob was plated with gold when the old nob lived here."
"Nob" can also mean "head," as in the nursery rhyme Jack & Jill: "Up Jack got, and home did trot: As fast as he could caper;: To old Dame Dob, who patched his nob: With vinegar and brown paper."
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