Foreking vs. Forking — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Foreking and Forking
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Definitions
Foreking➦
A preceding king.
Forking➦
A utensil with two or more prongs, used for eating or serving food.
Foreking➦
A predecessor on the throne.
Forking➦
An implement with two or more prongs used for raising, carrying, piercing, or digging.
Forking➦
A bifurcation or separation into two or more branches or parts.
Forking➦
The point at which such a bifurcation or separation occurs
A fork in a road.
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Forking➦
One of the branches of such a bifurcation or separation
The right fork.
Forking➦
(Games) An attack by one chess piece on two pieces at the same time.
Forking➦
To raise, carry, pitch, or pierce with a fork.
Forking➦
To give the shape of a fork to (one's fingers, for example).
Forking➦
(Games) To launch an attack on (two chess pieces).
Forking➦
(Informal) To pay. Used with over, out, or up
Forked over $80 for front-row seats.
Forked up the money owed.
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Forking➦
To divide into two or more branches
The river forks here.
Forking➦
To use a fork, as in working.
Forking➦
To turn at or travel along a fork.
Forking➦
Present participle of fork
Forking➦
Division into forks
The forkings of a road, or of a deer's antlers
Forking➦
The place where something divides into branches
Forking➦
The act of branching out or dividing into branches
