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Crowded vs Jostle - What's the difference?

crowded | jostle |

As verbs the difference between crowded and jostle

is that crowded is (crowd) while jostle is (ambitransitive) to bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.

As a adjective crowded

is containing too many of something; teeming.

As a noun jostle is

an experience in which jostling occurs.

crowded

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Containing too many of something; teeming.
  • Synonyms

    * teeming * the world and his wife

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crowd)
  • jostle

    English

    Verb

    (jostl)
  • (ambitransitive) To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
  • * Macaulay
  • Bullies jostled him.
  • * I. Taylor
  • Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other.
  • To move through by pushing and shoving.
  • To be close to or in physical contact with.
  • To contend or vie in order to acquire something.
  • (dated, slang) To pick or attempt to pick pockets.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An experience in which jostling occurs.
  • Being crowded or in a condition of jostling.