plough vs ridge

ridge vs plough

plough and ridge both are nouns.

plough and ridge both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plough	Yes	No	Yes	No
ridge	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

plough: to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
ridge: plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

Other hyponyms of plough include disk, harrow.

plough (noun)	ridge (noun)
a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing	a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
	any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
	a long narrow natural elevation or striation
	a long narrow range of hills
	a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
	any long raised strip

plough (verb)	ridge (verb)
to break and turn over earth especially with a plow	form into a ridge
move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil	spade into alternate ridges and troughs
	throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
	plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
	extend in ridges

Difference between plough and ridge

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