preserve vs jam

jam vs preserve

preserve and jam both are nouns.

preserve and jam both are verbs.

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

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

preserve: fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
jam: preserve of crushed fruit

Other hyponyms of preserve include apple butter, chowchow, lemon cheese, lemon curd, jelly, marmalade.

preserve (noun)	jam (noun)
fruit preserved by cooking with sugar	deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
a reservation where animals are protected	preserve of crushed fruit
a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone	a dense crowd of people
	informal terms for a difficult situation

preserve (verb)	jam (verb)
prevent (food) from rotting	interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction	crowd or pack to capacity
to keep up and reserve for personal or special use	get stuck and immobilized
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last	block passage through
maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger	crush or bruise
keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing	press tightly together or cram
	push down forcibly

Difference between preserve and jam

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