Conserve vs. Jam

Conserve vs. Jam — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Conserve and Jam

Conservenoun

Wilderness where human development is prohibited.

Jamnoun

A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.

Conservenoun

A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.

Jamnoun

(countable) A difficult situation.

Conservenoun

(obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.

Jamnoun

(countable) Blockage, congestion.

A traffic jam caused us to miss the game's first period.a jam of logs in a river
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Conservenoun

(obsolete) A conservatory.

Jamnoun

An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.

Conserveverb

(transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.

to conserve fruits with sugar

Jamnoun

A song; a track.

Conserveverb

(transitive) To protect an environment.

Jamnoun

An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.

We came up with some new ideas at the game jam.
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Conserveverb

To remain unchanged during a process

Jamnoun

A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.

He's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat.

Conservenoun

fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

Jamnoun

A forceful dunk.

Conserveverb

keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change;

Energy is conserved in this process

Jamnoun

A play during which points can be scored.

Toughie scored four points in that jam.

Conserveverb

keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction;

We preserve these archeological findingsThe old lady could not keep up the buildingchildren must be taught to conserve our national heritageThe museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts

Jamnoun

Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.

I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.

Conserveverb

use cautiously and frugally;

I try to economize my spare timeconserve your energy for the ascent to the summit

Jamnoun

luck.

He's got more jam than Waitrose.

Conserveverb

preserve with sugar;

Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard

Jamnoun

(slang) sexual relations or the contemplation of them.

Jamnoun

(dated) A kind of frock for children.

Jamverb

To get something stuck in a confined space.

My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks.Her poor little baby toe got jammed in the door.I jammed the top knuckle of my ring finger.

Jamverb

To brusquely force something into a space; cram, squeeze.

They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.

Jamverb

To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up"

A single accident can jam the roads for hours.

Jamverb

To block or confuse a broadcast signal.

Jamverb

(baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.

Jones was jammed by the pitch.

Jamverb

(music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).

Jamverb

To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.

When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.

Jamverb

(roller derby) To attempt to score points.

Toughie jammed four times in the second period.

Jamverb

(nautical) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.

Jamverb

To give up on a date or some joint endeavour; stand up, chicken out, jam out.

Jamnoun

preserve of crushed fruit

Jamnoun

informal terms for a difficult situation;

he got into a terrible fixhe made a muddle of his marriage

Jamnoun

a dense crowd of people

Jamnoun

deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

Jamverb

press tightly together or cram;

The crowd packed the auditorium

Jamverb

push down forcibly;

The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor

Jamverb

crush or bruise;

jam a toe

Jamverb

interfere with or prevent the reception of signals;

Jam the Voice of Americablock the signals emitted by this station

Jamverb

get stuck and immobilized;

the mechanism jammed

Jamverb

crowd or pack to capacity;

the theater was jampacked

Jamverb

block passage through;

obstruct the path