jam vs barricade

barricade vs jam

jam and barricade both are nouns.

jam and barricade both are verbs.

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

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

jam: block passage through
barricade: block off with barricades

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

jam (noun)	barricade (noun)
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems	a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
preserve of crushed fruit	a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy
a dense crowd of people
informal terms for a difficult situation

jam (verb)	barricade (verb)
interfere with or prevent the reception of signals	block off with barricades
crowd or pack to capacity	prevent access to by barricading
get stuck and immobilized	render unsuitable for passage
block passage through
crush or bruise
press tightly together or cram
push down forcibly

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