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Ford vs Toyota - What's the difference?

ford | toyota |

As proper nouns the difference between ford and toyota

is that ford is {{surname|topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived near a ford while Toyota is the Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of cars.

As a noun 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.

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.
  • toyota

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of cars.
  • A city near Osaka in Japan, where the eponymous manufacturer has its headquarters.
  • (countable) A brand of car manufactured by Toyota, or a car of this brand.