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Logjam vs Logjammed - What's the difference?

logjam | logjammed |

As a noun logjam

is an excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.

As an adjective logjammed is

blocked by a logjam; delayed or impeded.

logjam

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
  • (figuratively) A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress.
    • Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative logjam .
    A step forward for the minimum wage increase this afternoon, as the Senate cleared the logjam of the Republican filibuster. [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/1/30/13150/5672]

    See also

    * bottleneck * * traffic jam * vicious circle

    logjammed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Blocked by a logjam; delayed or impeded.