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Forted vs Forked - What's the difference?

forted | forked |

As verbs the difference between forted and forked

is that forted is (fort) while forked is (fork).

As adjectives the difference between forted and forked

is that forted is ensconced in or protected by a fort while forked is that splits into two or more directions, or parts.

forted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fort)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ensconced in or protected by a fort.
  • * 1834 , David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of , Nebraska 1987, p. 104:
    • The fort was built right in the middle of a large old field, and in it the people had been forted so long and so quietly, that they didn't apprehend any danger at all, and had, therefore, become quite careless.

    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)