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Ford vs Franklin - What's the difference?

ford | franklin |

As nouns the difference between ford and franklin

is that 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 while Franklin is a one-hundred-dollar bill, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.

As proper nouns the difference between ford and franklin

is that ford is {{surname|topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived near a ford while Franklin is {{surname|from=nicknames}.

As a verb ford

is to cross a stream using a ford.

ford

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

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.

    • franklin

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (1706-1790), American author, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers.
  • transferred from the surname, partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
  • A town in Alabama
  • A town in Arkansas
  • A town in Connecticut
  • A village in Georgia, USA
  • A city in Idaho
  • A village in Illinois
  • A city in Indiana
  • A city in Iowa
  • A city in Kentucky
  • A city in Louisiana
  • A town in Maine
  • A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
  • A town in Massachusetts
  • A village in Michigan
  • A city in Minnesota
  • A city in Missouri
  • A city in Nebraska
  • A city in New Hampshire
  • A borough in New Jersey
  • One of two towns in New York
  • A town in North Carolina
  • A city in Ohio
  • A city in Pennsylvania
  • A municipality in Quebec
  • A township and a river in Tasmania
  • A city in Tennessee
  • A town in Vermont
  • A city in Virginia
  • A town in West Virginia
  • A city and a few towns in Wisconsin

    • Derived terms

    * Franklin stove

    See also

    * Frank

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, informal) A one-hundred-dollar bill, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.

    • Synonyms

    * Benjamin ----