ramification vs fork

ramification and fork both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ramification and fork are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of ramification include branching, forking.

As nouns, fork is a hyponym of ramification; that is, fork is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ramification:

Other hyponyms of ramification include bifurcation, brachium, crotch.

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

ramification (verb)	fork (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