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Fording vs Ferding - What's the difference?

fording | ferding |

As nouns the difference between fording and ferding

is that fording is the act by which something is forded while ferding is (obsolete) a measure of land mentioned in domesday book, supposed to have consisted of a few acres.

As a verb fording

is .

fording

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is forded.
  • * (Aldo Leopold)
  • By half past seven we were both pretty nearly all in, and wet from innumerable fordings of the river, so we stopped and boiled some hot water with the sugar left over from lunch.

    ferding

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book, supposed to have consisted of a few acres.
  • (Webster 1913)