Herd vs. Flock

Herdnoun

A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.

Herdnoun

Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.

Herdnoun

A crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative: a rabble.

Herdnoun

Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals; a herdsman.

Herdverb

(intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.

Herdverb

(transitive) To unite or associate in a herd

Herdverb

(intransitive) To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.

Herdverb

To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.

Herdverb

(transitive) To form or put into a herd.

Herdadjective

Haired.

Herdnoun

A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle.

Herdnoun

A crowd of low people; a rabble.

Herdnoun

One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; - much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.

Herdverb

To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.

Herdverb

To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.

Herdverb

To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.

Herdverb

To form or put into a herd.

Herdnoun

a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans

Herdnoun

a group of wild animals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra

Herdnoun

a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things;

Herdverb

cause to herd, drive, or crowd together;

Herdverb

move together, like a herd

Herdverb

keep, move, or drive animals;

Herd

A herd is a social group of certain animals of the same species, either wild or domestic. The form of collective animal behavior associated with this is called herding.

Flocknoun

A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.

Flocknoun

A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.

Flocknoun

Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.

Flocknoun

A large number of people.

Flocknoun

Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding

Flocknoun

A lock of wool or hair.

Flocknoun

Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.

Flockverb

(intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.

Flockverb

To flock to; to crowd.

Flockverb

To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.

Flockverb

(transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles.

Flocknoun

A company or collection of living creatures; - especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl.

Flocknoun

A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.

Flocknoun

A lock of wool or hair.

Flocknoun

Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. or pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture.

Flocknoun

Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.

Flockverb

To gather in companies or crowds.

Flockverb

To flock to; to crowd.

Flockverb

To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.

Flocknoun

a church congregation guided by a pastor

Flocknoun

a group of birds

Flocknoun

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

Flocknoun

an orderly crowd;

Flocknoun

a group of sheep or goats

Flockverb

move as a crowd or in a group;

Flockverb

come together as in a cluster or flock;