trammel vs cramp

cramp vs trammel

trammel and cramp both are nouns.

trammel and cramp both are verbs.

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

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

trammel: place limits on (extent or amount or access)
cramp: prevent the progress or free movement of

Other hyponyms of trammel include reduce, tighten, tie, gate, draw a line, draw the line, mark off, mark out, halter, hamper, strangle, constrain, stiffen, tighten, tighten up, clamp down, crack down, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, cumber, encumber, restrain, scant, skimp.

trammel (noun)	cramp (noun)
a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)	a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble	a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace	a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh

trammel (verb)	cramp (verb)
place limits on (extent or amount or access)	suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
catch in or as if in a trap	affect with or as if with a cramp
	prevent the progress or free movement of
	secure with a cramp

Difference between trammel and cramp

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