jam vs traffic jam

traffic jam vs jam

jam and traffic jam both are nouns.

jam is a verb but traffic jam is not a verb.

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

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

jam: a dense crowd of people
traffic jam: a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move

Other hyponyms of jam include snarl-up.

jam (noun)	traffic jam (noun)
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems	a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
preserve of crushed fruit
a dense crowd of people
informal terms for a difficult situation

jam (verb)	traffic jam (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

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