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Congestion vs Cramped - What's the difference?

congestion | cramped |

As a noun congestion

is the act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.

As a verb cramped is

past tense of cramp.

As an adjective cramped is

uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.

congestion

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
  • An excess of traffic.
  • (medicine) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.
  • (medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
  • Derived terms

    * congestion charge or congestion pricing

    cramped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cramp)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.
  • *
  • *: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.