fork vs ramification

fork and ramification both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fork	Yes	No	Yes	No
ramification	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fork and ramification are synonyms defined as:

fork and ramification: the act of branching out or dividing into branches

Other synonyms of fork include branching, forking.

As nouns, ramification is a hypernym of fork; that is, ramification is a word with a broader meaning than fork:

Other hypernyms of fork include branch, leg.

fork (noun)	ramification (noun)
the act of branching out or dividing into branches	the act of branching out or dividing into branches
a utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food	an arrangement of branching parts
an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs	a development that complicates a situation
the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk	a part of a forked or branching shape
the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

fork (verb)	ramification (verb)
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
shape like a fork
place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
lift with a pitchfork