snarl-up vs jam

jam vs snarl-up

snarl-up and jam both are nouns.

snarl-up is not a verb while jam is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
snarl-up	Yes	No	No	No
jam	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

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

Other hypernyms of snarl-up include crush, press.

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

snarl-up (verb)	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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