jam vs stifle

jam and stifle both are nouns.

jam and stifle both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of jam include block off, blockade, barricade, barricado, barricade, asphyxiate, choke, 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)	stifle (noun)
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems	joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
preserve of crushed fruit
a dense crowd of people
informal terms for a difficult situation

jam (verb)	stifle (verb)
interfere with or prevent the reception of signals	suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
crowd or pack to capacity	be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
get stuck and immobilized	suppress in order to conceal or hide
block passage through	impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
crush or bruise
press tightly together or cram
push down forcibly

Difference between jam and stifle

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