traffic jam vs jam

jam vs traffic jam

traffic jam and jam both are nouns.

traffic jam is not a verb while jam is a verb.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of traffic jam include crush, press.

traffic jam (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

traffic jam (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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