ridge vs plough

plough vs ridge

ridge and plough both are nouns.

ridge and plough both are verbs.

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

As verbs, plough is a hypernym of ridge; that is, plough is a word with a broader meaning than ridge:

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

Other hypernyms of ridge include plow, turn.

ridge (noun)	plough (noun)
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	a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
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

ridge (verb)	plough (verb)
form into a ridge	to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
spade into alternate ridges and troughs	move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
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 ridge and plough

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