ford vs deep fording

ford and deep fording both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ford	Yes	No	Yes	No
deep fording	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, deep fording is a hyponym of ford; that is, deep fording is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ford:

ford: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
deep fording: fording at a deep place in the stream

Other hyponyms of ford include shallow fording.

ford (noun)	deep fording (noun)
the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse	fording at a deep place in the stream
a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

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