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Ford vs Boeing - What's the difference?

ford | boeing |

As proper nouns the difference between ford and boeing

is that ford is {{surname|topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived near a ford while Boeing is an American aerospace company, which created many commercial airplanes.

As a noun ford

is a location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.

As a verb ford

is to cross a stream using a ford.

ford

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • He swam the Esk river where ford there was none.
  • A stream; a current.
  • * Spenser
  • With water of the ford / Or of the clouds.
  • * Dryden
  • Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cross a stream using a ford.
  • boeing

    English

    (wikipedia Boeing)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (aviation) An American aerospace company, which created many commercial airplanes.
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