Crowded vs Chockablock - What's the difference?
crowded | chockablock |
(nautical) (of a ship's hoisting tackle) Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement is possible, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.
(by extension) Jammed tightly together; very crowded; completely filled or stuffed.
In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible.
*2012 , The Economist, Oct 13th 2012,
*:AMERICA is full of vast, empty spaces. Europe, by contrast, seems chock-a-block with humanity, its history shaped by a lack of continental elbowroom.
As adjectives the difference between crowded and chockablock
is that crowded is containing too many of something; teeming while chockablock is (nautical) (of a ship's hoisting tackle) having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement is possible, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.As a verb crowded
is (crowd).As a adverb chockablock is
in a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible.chockablock
English
Alternative forms
* chock-a-block * chock a block * choc-a-blocAdjective
(en adjective)- Some of Sardinia's gorgeous seaside towns have lately been invaded by builders who erected chockablock housing that catered to middle-income tourists but threatened to spoil the landscape.
Adverb
(en adverb)- His study had books stacked chockablock on every shelf.
- The meeting hall was chockablock full of angry citizens.
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