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Strained vs Cramped - What's the difference?

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Strained is a related term of cramped.


As adjectives the difference between strained and cramped

is that strained is forced through a strainer while cramped is uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.

As verbs the difference between strained and cramped

is that strained is (strain) while cramped is (cramp).

strained

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Forced through a strainer.
    • Babies don’t seem to like strained peas, even though the puree is easy for them to eat and digest.
  • Under tension; tense.
    • Ever since the fight our relation has been strained .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (strain)

    • Anagrams

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    cramped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cramp)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.
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  • *: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.