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Commodious vs Cramped - What's the difference?

commodious | cramped |

As adjectives the difference between commodious and cramped

is that commodious is spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable while cramped is uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.

As a verb cramped is

past tense of cramp.

commodious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable.
    • Our house is much more commodious than our old apartment.
  • * 1854 , Charles Dickens, Hard Times
    • The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves, overshadowed by the wall.
  • Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; suitable.

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    cramped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cramp)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.
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  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • Overcrowded or congested.
  • Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.
  • Illegible.