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Constricted vs Cramped - What's the difference?

constricted | cramped |

As verbs the difference between constricted and cramped

is that constricted is (constrict) while cramped is (cramp).

As an adjective cramped is

uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.

constricted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (constrict)

    • constrict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To narrow, especially by applying pressure.

    • Derived terms

    * constriction

    Related terms

    * restrict * strict

    See also

    * constrain

    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.