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Forked vs Forged - What's the difference?

forked | forged |

As adjectives the difference between forked and forged

is that forked is that splits into two or more directions, or parts while forged is fake (as documents).

As verbs the difference between forked and forged

is that forked is (fork) while forged is to force forward against opposition.

forked

English

Adjective

(head)
  • That splits into two or more directions, or parts.
    • It's a forked road. Turn left at the fork.
    A baidarka has a forked bow.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * fork

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fork)

    • forged

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Fake (as documents).
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Brian Hayes , title=Father of Fractals , volume=101, issue=1, page=62 , magazine= citation , passage=Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.}}
    Forged identification documents were used to enter the building.
  • Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal
    • The blacksmith made an expertly forged horseshoe by beating the red hot metal with his hammer.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • To force forward against opposition.
    • He forged forward against the current, even as it tried to sweep him down river.