stuff vs jam

stuff and jam both are nouns.

stuff and jam both are verbs.

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

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

stuff: cram into a cavity
jam: crowd or pack to capacity

Other hyponyms of stuff include chock up, cram, jampack, ram, wad, overstuff, fill out, pad.

stuff (noun)	jam (noun)
miscellaneous unspecified objects	deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
unspecified qualities required to do or be something	preserve of crushed fruit
a critically important or characteristic component	a dense crowd of people
senseless talk	informal terms for a difficult situation
information in some unspecified form
informal terms for personal possessions
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

stuff (verb)	jam (verb)
fill with a stuffing while cooking	interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
fill tightly with a material	crowd or pack to capacity
treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting	get stuck and immobilized
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself	block passage through
cram into a cavity	crush or bruise
obstruct	press tightly together or cram
press or force	push down forcibly

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