dam vs jam

dam and jam both are nouns.

dam and jam both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dam	Yes	No	Yes	No
jam	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, jam is a hypernym of dam; that is, jam is a word with a broader meaning than dam:

dam: obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
jam: block passage through

Other hypernyms of dam include block, close up, impede, obstruct, obturate, occlude.

dam (noun)	jam (noun)
female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock	deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea	preserve of crushed fruit
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters	a dense crowd of people
	informal terms for a difficult situation

dam (verb)	jam (verb)
obstruct with, or as if with, a dam	interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
	crowd or pack to capacity
	get stuck and immobilized
	block passage through
	crush or bruise
	press tightly together or cram
	push down forcibly

Difference between dam and jam

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