Horde vs. Hoard

Hordenoun

A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.

Hordenoun

A large number of people.

Hordeverb

to travel en masse, to flock

Hordenoun

A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.

Hordenoun

Any large group of people or animals, especially one wandering or moving about; as, the movie star was surrounded by a horde of screaming fans.

Hordenoun

a vast multitude

Hordenoun

a nomadic community

Hordenoun

a moving crowd

Hordenoun

a large group of people

Hordenoun

an army or tribe of nomadic warriors

Hordenoun

a small loosely knit social group typically consisting of about five families.

Hoardnoun

A hidden supply or fund.

Hoardnoun

(archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

Hoardnoun

A hoarding temporary structure used during construction.

Hoardnoun

A hoarding billboard.

Hoardverb

To amass, usually for one's own private collection.

Hoardnoun

See Hoarding, 2.

Hoardnoun

A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.

Hoardverb

To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.

Hoardverb

To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.

Hoardnoun

a secret store of valuables or money

Hoardverb

save up as for future use

Hoardverb

get or gather together;

Hoardnoun

a stock or store of money or valued objects, typically one that is secret or carefully guarded

Hoardnoun

an ancient store of coins or other valuable artefacts

Hoardnoun

an amassed store of useful information, retained for future use

Hoardverb

accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away

Hoardverb

keep in one's mind for future use

Hoard

A hoard or is an archaeological term for a collection of valuable objects or artifacts, sometimes purposely buried in the ground, in which case it is sometimes also known as a cache. This would usually be with the intention of later recovery by the hoarder; hoarders sometimes died or were unable to return for other reasons (forgetfulness or physical displacement from its location) before retrieving the hoard, and these surviving hoards might then be uncovered much later by metal detector hobbyists, members of the public, and archaeologists.