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Standstill vs Logjam - What's the difference?

standstill | logjam |

As nouns the difference between standstill and logjam

is that standstill is complete immobility; halt while logjam is an excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.

standstill

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • complete immobility; halt
    • The wreck brought traffic to a standstill for hours.

    Derived terms

    * standstill agreement

    Synonyms

    * deadlock * grind * halt * idle * impasse

    Antonyms

    * motion * movement

    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