cramp vs trammel

trammel vs cramp

cramp and trammel both are nouns.

cramp and trammel both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

cramp (noun)	trammel (noun)
a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together	a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued	a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction	an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
	a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh

cramp (verb)	trammel (verb)
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle	place limits on (extent or amount or access)
affect with or as if with a cramp	catch in or as if in a trap
prevent the progress or free movement of
secure with a cramp

Difference between cramp and trammel

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