Congestion vs. Tailback — What's the Difference?

To overfill or overcrowd

(UK) A line of motor vehicles causing or the result of traffic congestion or a traffic jam.

(Medicine) To cause the accumulation of excessive blood or tissue fluid in (a vessel or organ).

The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage.

To become congested.

(American football) A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation.

The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.

(football) the person who plays tailback

An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.

The position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage

(medicine) Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive

An excess or accumulation of something

An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.

(medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.

Edema, water retention, swelling, enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels

The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.

Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperæmia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.

Excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part

Excessive crowding;