jam vs blockade

blockade vs jam

jam and blockade both are nouns.

jam and blockade both are verbs.

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

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

jam: block passage through
blockade: obstruct access to

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

jam (noun)	blockade (noun)
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems	a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
preserve of crushed fruit	prevents access or progress
a dense crowd of people
informal terms for a difficult situation

jam (verb)	blockade (verb)
interfere with or prevent the reception of signals	impose a blockade on
crowd or pack to capacity	obstruct access to
get stuck and immobilized	render unsuitable for passage
block passage through	hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
crush or bruise
press tightly together or cram
push down forcibly

Difference between jam and blockade

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