Jammed vs Crushed - What's the difference?
jammed | crushed |
Stuck.
Overcrowded; congested
(jam)
(crush)
Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
Broken, saddened, depressed.
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, title= (not comparable, textiles) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
As adjectives the difference between jammed and crushed
is that jammed is stuck while crushed is pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.As verbs the difference between jammed and crushed
is that jammed is (jam) while crushed is (crush).jammed
English
Adjective
(head)- The window is jammed shut.
- How to treat a jammed finger or toe.
- The printer is still jammed'''. Make sure that all the '''jammed paper is removed.
- The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- Certain routes of the city are heavily jammed .
- ''These roads are hopelessly jammed with cars and mobile homes during holidays.
- A jammed Oktoberfest beer tent.
Verb
(head)crushed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}}
