Jam vs. Party — What's the Difference?

To drive or wedge forcibly into a tight position

A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will typically feature food and beverages, and often music and dancing or other forms of entertainment.

To activate or apply (a brake) suddenly. Often used with on

A social gathering especially for pleasure or amusement

To cause to become unworkable because a part is stuck

A group of people who have gathered to participate in an activity

To cause (moving parts, for example) to lock into an unworkable position

A group of soldiers selected for a duty or mission

To pack (items, for example) to excess; cram

An established political group organized to promote and support its principles and candidates for public office.

To fill (a container or space) to overflowing

A person or group involved in an enterprise; a participant or accessory

To block, congest, or clog

(Law) A person or entity that participates in a transaction, makes a contract, or is involved in a lawsuit as a litigant.

To crush or bruise

A subscriber to a telephone party line.

(Electronics) To interfere with or prevent the clear reception of (broadcast signals) by electronic means.

A person using a telephone.

(Baseball) To throw an inside pitch to (a batter), especially to prevent the batter from hitting the ball with the thicker part of the bat.

A person

To become wedged or stuck

Of, relating to, or participating in an established political organization

To become locked or stuck in an unworkable position

Suitable for use at a social gathering

To force one's way into or through a limited space

Characteristic of a pleasurable social gathering

(Music) To participate in a jam session.

To celebrate or carouse at a party or similar gathering

(Basketball) To make a dunk shot.

(legal) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.

The act of jamming or the condition of being jammed.

A person.

A crush or congestion of people or things in a limited space

A person; an individual.

A trying situation.

With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.

See jam session.

A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.

A preserve made from whole fruit boiled to a pulp with sugar.

Active player characters organized into a single group.

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

(video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.

(countable) A difficult situation.

(politics) A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.

(countable) A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.

(military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.

An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.

A group of persons collected or gathered together for some particular purpose.

A song; a track.

A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.

An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.

A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.

That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.

A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.

A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.

A small group of birds or mammals.

A forceful dunk.

(obsolete) A part or division.

A play during which points can be scored.

(intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.

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

To take recreational drugs.

(AU) The tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber.

(intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.

Luck.

To form a party (with).

Balls, bollocks, courage, machismo

Of a fence or wall: shared by two properties and serving to divide them.

(slang) Sexual relations or the contemplation of them.

Divided; in part.

(dated) A kind of frock for children.

(heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.

To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.

A part or portion.

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

A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy.

To render something unable to move.

A part of a larger body of company; a detachment;

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

A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party.

To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.

One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract.

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

The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.

(basketball) To dunk.

Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.

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

Cause; side; interest.

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

A person; as, he is a queer party.

(roller derby) To attempt to score points.

Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.

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

Partial; favoring one party; partisan.

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

Partly.

A kind of frock for children.

An organization to gain political power;

See Jamb.

An occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment;

A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.

A band of people associated temporarily in some activity;

An injury caused by jamming.

A group of people gathered together for pleasure;

A difficult situation; as, he got himself into a jam.

A person involved in legal proceedings;

A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; also called jelly; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.

Have or participate in a party;

To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in; to cram; as, rock fans jammed the theater for the concert.

To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.

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

To block or obstruct by packing too much (people or objects) into; as, shoppers jammed the aisles during the fire sale.

To interfere with (a radio signal) by sending other signals of the same or nearby frequency; as, the Soviets jammed Radio Free Europe broadcasts for years during the cold war.

To cause to become nonfunctional by putting something in that blocks the movement of a part or parts; as, he jammed the drawer by putting in too many loose papers; he jammed the lock by trying to pick it.

To become stuck so as not to function; as, the copier jammed again.

To play an instrument in a jam session.

To crowd together; - usually used with together or in; as, fifty people jammed into a conference room designed for twenty.

Preserve of crushed fruit

Informal terms for a difficult situation;

A dense crowd of people

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

Press tightly together or cram;

Push down forcibly;

Crush or bruise;

Interfere with or prevent the reception of signals;

Get stuck and immobilized;

Crowd or pack to capacity;

Block passage through;