The difference between Fold and Home

When used as nouns, fold means an act of folding, whereas home means one's own dwelling place.

When used as verbs, fold means to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself, whereas home means to seek or aim for something.


Home is also adverb with the meaning: to one's place of or one's customary or official location.

Home is also adjective with the meaning: of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fold and Home

  1. Fold as a verb (transitive):

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

  2. 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."

  3. Fold as a verb (intransitive):

    To become folded; to form folds.

    Examples:

    "Cardboard doesn't fold very easily."

  4. Fold as a verb (intransitive, informal):

    To fall over; to be crushed.

    Examples:

    "The chair folded under his enormous weight."

  5. Fold as a verb (transitive):

    To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).

  6. Fold as a verb (intransitive):

    To give way on a point or in an argument.

  7. 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."

  8. Fold as a verb (intransitive, by extension):

    To withdraw or quit in general.

  9. Fold as a verb (transitive, cooking):

    To stir gently, with a folding action.

    Examples:

    "Fold the egg whites into the batter."

  10. Fold as a verb (intransitive, business):

    Of a company, to cease to trade.

    Examples:

    "The company folded after six quarters of negative growth."

  11. Fold as a verb:

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

    Examples:

    "He folded his arms in defiance."

  12. Fold as a verb:

    To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

  1. Fold as a noun:

    An act of folding.

  2. Fold as a noun:

    A bend or crease.

  3. Fold as a noun:

    Any correct move in origami.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Fold as a noun:

    That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  1. Fold as a noun:

    A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.

  2. Fold as a noun:

    A group of sheep or goats.

  3. Fold as a noun (figuratively):

    Home, family.

  4. 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."

  5. Fold as a noun:

    A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.

  6. Fold as a noun (obsolete):

    A boundary or limit.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Creech"

  1. Fold as a verb:

    To confine animals in a fold.

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

    The Earth; earth; land, country.

  1. Home as a noun:

    A dwelling. One's own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace. The place where a person was raised; childhood or parental home; home of one's parents or guardian. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there. A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum. The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.

    Examples:

    "It's what you bring into a house that makes it a home'"

    "a home for outcasts"

    "a home for the blind"

    "a veterans' home'"

  2. Home as a noun:

    One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.

  3. Home as a noun:

    The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.

    Examples:

    "the home of the pine"

  4. Home as a noun:

    A focus point. The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal. Home plate. The place of a player in front of an opponent's goal; also, the player. The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.

    Examples:

    "The object of Sorry! is to get all four of your pawns to your home."

  5. Home as a noun:

  1. Home as a verb (always, _, with "in on", transitive):

    To seek or aim for something.

    Examples:

    "The missile was able to home in on the target."

  1. Home as an adjective:

    Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

  2. Home as an adjective:

    Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.

  1. Home as an adverb (internet):

    to to one's place of or one's customary or official location to one's place of birth to the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length to the home page

    Examples:

    "go home'', ''come home'', ''carry home"

    "to drive a nail home''; ''to ram a cartridge home"

    "Click here to go home."

  2. Home as an adverb:

    in one's place of or one's customary or official location;

    Examples:

    "Everyone's gone to watch the game; there's nobody home."

  3. Home as an adverb:

    ; ; to the center;

  4. Home as an adverb (UK, soccer):

    into the

  5. Home as an adverb (nautical):

    into the right, proper or position

    Examples:

    "Sails sheeted home."