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Crammed vs Cramped - What's the difference?

crammed | cramped |

As verbs the difference between crammed and cramped

is that crammed is past tense of cram while cramped is past tense of cramp.

As an adjective cramped is

uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.

crammed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cram)

  • cram

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of cramming.
  • Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.
  • A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.
  • Verb

    (cramm)
  • To ; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.
  • To fill with food to ; to stuff.
  • To put through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor.
  • .
  • To , and to satiety; to stuff.
  • To make crude or study.
  • Derived terms

    * cram school

    Anagrams

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    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.