The difference between Bending and Fold

When used as nouns, bending means a motion or action that bends, whereas fold means an act of folding.

Fold is also verb with the meaning: to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bending and Fold

Bending as a noun:

A motion or action that bends.

Examples:

"a bending of the knees"
Bending as a noun:

An instance of something being adapted or distorted.

Examples:

"bendings of the rules"

Fold as a verb (transitive):

To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
Fold as a verb (transitive):

To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.

Examples:

"If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer."
Fold as a verb (intransitive):

To become folded; to form folds.

Examples:

"Cardboard doesn't fold very easily."
Fold as a verb (intransitive, informal):

To fall over; to be crushed.

Examples:

"The chair folded under his enormous weight."
Fold as a verb (transitive):

To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).
Fold as a verb (intransitive):

To give way on a point or in an argument.
Fold as a verb (intransitive, poker):

To withdraw from betting.

Examples:

"With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded."
Fold as a verb (intransitive, by extension):

To withdraw or quit in general.
Fold as a verb (transitive, cooking):

To stir gently, with a folding action.

Examples:

"Fold the egg whites into the batter."
Fold as a verb (intransitive, business):

Of a company, to cease to trade.

Examples:

"The company folded after six quarters of negative growth."
Fold as a verb:

To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.

Examples:

"He folded his arms in defiance."
Fold as a verb:

To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

Fold as a noun:

An act of folding.
Fold as a noun:

A bend or crease.
Fold as a noun:

Any correct move in origami.
Fold as a noun (newspapers):

The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
Fold as a noun (by extension, web design):

The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
Fold as a noun:

That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.
Fold as a noun (geology):

The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
Fold as a noun (computing, programming):

In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.

Fold as a noun:

A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
Fold as a noun:

A group of sheep or goats.
Fold as a noun (figuratively):

Home, family.
Fold as a noun (religion, Christian):

A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.

Examples:

"'John, ''X, 16'': "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold."
Fold as a noun:

A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
Fold as a noun (obsolete):

A boundary or limit.

Examples:

"rfquotek Creech"

Fold as a noun (dialectal, poetic, or, obsolete):

The Earth; earth; land, country.