jam vs asphyxiate

asphyxiate vs jam

jam is a noun but asphyxiate is not a noun.

jam and asphyxiate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, asphyxiate is a hyponym of jam; that is, asphyxiate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than jam:

jam: block passage through
asphyxiate: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

Other hyponyms of jam include block off, blockade, barricade, barricado, barricade, choke, stifle, suffocate, tie up, dam, dam up, block out, screen, earth up, land up, bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop, back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, crap up, foul.

jam (noun)	asphyxiate (noun)
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
preserve of crushed fruit
a dense crowd of people
informal terms for a difficult situation

jam (verb)	asphyxiate (verb)
interfere with or prevent the reception of signals	be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
crowd or pack to capacity	deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
get stuck and immobilized	impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
block passage through
crush or bruise
press tightly together or cram
push down forcibly

Difference between jam and asphyxiate

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