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Ford vs Milford - What's the difference?

ford | milford |

As a verb ford

is .

As a proper noun milford is

a common town name, primarily within the british isles and new england, often used for settlements with watermills built near fords.

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.

    • milford

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A common town name, primarily within the British Isles and New England, often used for settlements with watermills built near fords.