ramification vs forking

ramification and forking both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ramification and forking are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of ramification include branching, fork.

ramification (noun)	forking (noun)
the act of branching out or dividing into branches	the act of branching out or dividing into branches
an arrangement of branching parts	the place where something divides into branches
a development that complicates a situation
a part of a forked or branching shape