ford vs shallow fording

ford and shallow fording both are nouns.

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

As nouns, shallow fording is a hyponym of ford; that is, shallow 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
shallow fording: fording at a shallow place

Other hyponyms of ford include deep fording.

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

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