Trammed vs Crammed - What's the difference?
trammed | crammed |
(tram)
(UK, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road.
A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
* 1789 , , centenary edition, 1971, ISBN 304-93570-0.)
(obsolete) The shaft of a cart.
(obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.
(UK, obsolete) A car on a horse railroad.
To transport (material) by tram.
A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.
(cram)
The act of cramming.
Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.
A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.
To ; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.
To fill with food to ; to stuff.
To put through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor.
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To , and to satiety; to stuff.
To make crude or study.
As verbs the difference between trammed and crammed
is that trammed is (tram) while crammed is (cram).trammed
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Verb
(head)tram
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Etymology 1
Probably from (etyl) trame. The popular derivation from tramway builder is false: the term pre-dated him.Noun
(wikipedia tram) (en noun)- Trams''' are a kind of sledge on which coals are brought from the place where they are hewn to the shaft. A '''tram has four wheels but a sledge is without wheels.
- (De Quincey)
