Fed vs Ferd – What’s the difference?

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Fed vs Ferd - What's the difference?
As a proper noun fed is (us|economics) the federal reserve board or system.

As a noun ferd is an army, a host or ferd can be (obsolete) fear.

fed

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of federal.

Noun

(en noun )

  • (US, slang) a federal government officer or official, especially FBI and DEA agents.
  • (UK, slang) a police officer.

    • Synonyms

    * (police officer) see

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)

  • (feed)

    • Derived terms

    * fed up

    Anagrams

    *
    English irregular past participles
    English irregular simple past forms
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    ferd

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ferde, feord, furd, from (etyl) fyrd, fierd, . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun )

  • An army, a host.
  • * 1330 , Robert Mannyng, Chronicle
    • With þe wille I go als felawes in ferd .
    (With thee will I go as fellows in a ferd .)
  • A military expedition.
  • * c. 1050 , The Paris Psalter
    • Þeah þu mid us ne fare on fyrd …
    (Though thou with us not fare on a ferd …)
  • A company, band, or group.
  • * c. 1400 ,
    • And foure scoure fyne shippes to the flete broght… with fyfty, in a furthe , all of fuerse vesell.
    (And four score fine ships to the fleet brought… with fifty in a ferd , all of fierce vessel.)
  • *1986 , Jack Arthur Walter Bennett, ?Douglas Gray, Middle English literature – Volume 1 – Page 89 :
    • For him a lord (British or Roman) is essentially a leader of a ‘ferd’ (OE fyrd); […]
    Usage notes

    * This word in its Anglo-Saxon form, (l), is used historically in a technical sense.

    Derived terms

    * (l)
    * (l)
    * (l)
    * (l)

    Related terms

    *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en-noun)

  • (obsolete) Fear.

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