cramp vs throttle

throttle vs cramp

cramp and throttle both are nouns.

cramp and throttle both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

cramp (noun)	throttle (noun)
a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together	a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued	a pedal that controls the throttle valve
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

cramp (verb)	throttle (verb)
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle	reduce the air supply
affect with or as if with a cramp	place limits on (extent or amount or access)
prevent the progress or free movement of	kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
secure with a cramp

Difference between cramp and throttle

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