different between jammed vs overladen

English

Adjective

jammed

1. Stuck.

   The window is jammed shut.

   How to treat a jammed finger or toe.

   The printer is still jammed. Make sure that all the jammed paper is removed.

   The ship was jammed between two rocks.

2. Overcrowded; congested

   Certain routes of the city are heavily jammed.

   These roads are hopelessly jammed with cars and mobile homes during holidays.

   A jammed Oktoberfest beer tent.

Translations

Verb

jammed

1. simple past tense and past participle of jam

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *j?m?t?k.

Verb

jammed

1. die

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

English

Etymology 1

over- +? laden

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?d?n

Adjective

overladen

1. Packed heavily, especially beyond normal capacity; overloaded.

   The tray was overladen with food.

   The trunk was overladen with clothes.

2. Burdened excessively.

   The student is overladen with homework.

   The first-time parents are overladen with new responsibility.

Synonyms

• overburdened
• overloaded
• overflowing
• overwhelmed
• brimming
• chock-full
• crammed
• crowded
• filled
• flooded
• inundated
• jammed
• jam-packed
• packed
• swamped

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?d?n

Verb

overladen

1. past participle of overlade

Dutch

Etymology 1

From over +? laden.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /?o?v?r?la?d?(n)/
• Hyphenation: over?la?den

Verb

overladen

1. to load goods from one vehicle to another, to transfer goods

Inflection

Etymology 2

From over- +? laden.

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /?o?v?r?la?d?(n)/
• Hyphenation: over?la?den
• Rhymes: -a?d?n

Verb

overladen

1. to load excessively, to pile up
2. to make/ become overladen
3. (figuratively) to feature excessively

Inflection