kink vs cramp

kink and cramp both are nouns.

kink and cramp both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kink	Yes	No	Yes	No
cramp	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cramp is a hypernym of kink; that is, cramp is a word with a broader meaning than kink:

kink: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
cramp: a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

Other hypernyms of kink include muscle spasm, spasm.

kink (noun)	cramp (noun)
a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation	a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
an eccentric idea	a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
a person with unusual sexual tastes	a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

kink (verb)	cramp (verb)
form a curl, curve, or kink	suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
curl tightly	affect with or as if with a cramp
	prevent the progress or free movement of
	secure with a cramp

Difference between kink and cramp

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