ford vs crossing

crossing vs ford

ford and crossing both are nouns.

ford is a verb but crossing is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ford	Yes	No	Yes	No
crossing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crossing is a hypernym of ford; that is, crossing is a word with a broader meaning than ford:

ford: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
crossing: traveling across

As nouns, ford and crossing are synonyms defined as:

ford and crossing: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

ford (noun)	crossing (noun)
the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse	a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
a shallow area in a stream that can be forded	traveling across
	(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
	a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
	a junction where one street or road crosses another
	a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
	a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

ford (verb)	crossing (verb)
cross a river where it's shallow

Difference between ford and crossing

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