✅ Jam means to push into a limited or confined space (I jammed my headphones into my pocket).
✅ Squish means to squeeze into a confined space (All six clowns squished into the car).
✅ Both of these words mean to get oneself or something else into a smaller space than it ought to fit in.
✅ Jam suggests the use of more force than squish.
✅ Guess refers to an opinion that you’ve come to based on little to no evidence (My guess is that she’s nervous).
✅ Theory refers to an opinion that you hold, which is based on conjecture and minimal evidence (I have a theory that pockets are getting smaller).
✅ Guess and theory both refer to opinions based on ideas and feelings rather than facts and strong evidence, but theory suggests more evidence than guess.
✅ Theory also has a scientific meaning, and in that case, it refers to a proposed explanation that still needs experimentation to be proven or to an already tested explanation or proposition that consistently explains given phenomena (the theory of relativity).
✅ Nibble means to eat in small amounts (I nibbled on a carrot).
✅ Bite means to cut, tear, or break with the teeth (I watched the horse bite the apple).
✅ Nibble and bite both refer to using the teeth to break off pieces of food to eat, though nibble can be used to mean eating a small amount, including using cutlery.
✅ Nibble means to bite in a gentle or particularly small way, often suggesting either a lack of hunger or a desire to make a small amount of food last for a while. Bite is a less specific term (He nibbled at his dinner; She bit into the cake).