cramp vs limit

cramp and limit both are nouns.

cramp and limit both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cramp	Yes	No	Yes	No
limit	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, limit is a hypernym of cramp; that is, limit is a word with a broader meaning than cramp:

cramp: prevent the progress or free movement of
limit: place limits on (extent or amount or access)

Other hypernyms of cramp include bound, confine, restrict, throttle, trammel.

cramp (noun)	limit (noun)
a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together	the greatest possible degree of something
a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued	the boundary of a specific area
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction	as far as something can go
	the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
	the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
	final or latest limiting point

cramp (verb)	limit (verb)
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle	restrict or confine within limits
affect with or as if with a cramp	place limits on (extent or amount or access)
prevent the progress or free movement of	decide upon or fix definitely
secure with a cramp

Difference between cramp and limit

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