jam vs dam

jam and dam both are nouns.

jam and dam both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of jam include block off, blockade, barricade, barricado, barricade, asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate, tie up, 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)	dam (noun)
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems	female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
preserve of crushed fruit	a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
a dense crowd of people	a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
informal terms for a difficult situation

jam (verb)	dam (verb)
interfere with or prevent the reception of signals	obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
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 jam and dam

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