Jammed vs Seized - What's the difference?
jammed | seized |
Stuck.
Overcrowded; congested
(jam)
(seize)
to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture
to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)
to take possession of (by force, law etc.)
to have a sudden and powerful effect upon
(nautical) to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line
(obsolete) to fasten, fix
to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)
to have a seizure
* 2012 , Daniel M. Avery, Tales of a Country Obstetrician
to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up
(UK) to submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
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As verbs the difference between jammed and seized
is that jammed is past tense of jam while seized is past tense of seize.As an adjective jammed
is stuck.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)seized
English
Verb
(head)seize
English
Verb
(seiz)- to seize smuggled goods
- to seize a ship after libeling
- a panic seized the crowd
- a fever seized him
- to seize two fish-hooks back to back
- to seize or stop one rope on to another
- to seize on the neck of a horse
- The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year.'' (''Southey , Bunyan, p. 21)
- Nearing what she thought was a climax, he started seizing and fell off her. Later, realizing he was dead, she became alarmed and dragged the body to his vehicle to make it look like he had died in his truck.
- Rust caused the engine to seize , never to run again.
