fold vs furrow

fold and furrow both are nouns.

fold and furrow both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fold	Yes	No	Yes	No
furrow	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, furrow is a hyponym of fold; that is, furrow is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fold:

fold: bend or lay so that one part covers the other
furrow: make wrinkled or creased

Other hyponyms of fold include pleat, plicate, crease, wrinkle, crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle, corrugate, pleat, ruffle, tuck, crimp, pinch, cross, collapse.

fold (noun)	furrow (noun)
the act of folding	a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)
a pen for sheep	a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
a group of sheep or goats
a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
an angular or rounded shape made by folding

fold (verb)	furrow (verb)
incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating	hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
become folded or folded up	make wrinkled or creased
bend or lay so that one part covers the other	cut a furrow into a columns
confine in a fold, like sheep
cease to operate or cause to cease operating

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