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Overcrowded vs Cramped - What's the difference?

overcrowded | cramped |

As verbs the difference between overcrowded and cramped

is that overcrowded is (overcrowd) while cramped is (cramp).

As adjectives the difference between overcrowded and cramped

is that overcrowded is containing too many occupants for an area of its size while cramped is uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.

overcrowded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (overcrowd)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing too many occupants for an area of its size.

    • cramped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cramp)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • Overcrowded or congested.
  • Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.
  • Illegible.