jam vs difficulty

difficulty vs jam

jam and difficulty both are nouns.

jam is a verb but difficulty is not a verb.

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

As nouns, difficulty is a hypernym of jam; that is, difficulty is a word with a broader meaning than jam:

jam: informal terms for a difficult situation
difficulty: the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result

Other hypernyms of jam include difficultness.

jam (noun)	difficulty (noun)
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems	an effort that is inconvenient
preserve of crushed fruit	the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
a dense crowd of people
informal terms for a difficult situation

jam (verb)	difficulty (verb)
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 jam and difficulty

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