Herd
Herd noun - A group of domestic animals assembled or herded together.
Usage example: the great herds of cattle that cowboys once drove across the plains
Pack is a synonym for herd in flock topic. In some cases you can use "Pack" instead the word "Herd" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like crowd, large group.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| complete | complete herd | complete pack |
| wild | wild herd | wild pack |
| small | small herd | small pack |
| entire | entire herd | entire pack |
| Other adjectives: massive, large, huge, little, feral, main, new, former, larger, flying, random, giant, previous. | ||
Common collocations
| party | herd party | pack party |
Both words in one sentence
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Humanity Is Insane: Humanity is the only race that doesn't have the instinct to surrender permanently when beaten by a superior force, since we're far more individual and family oriented than the pack and herd oriented aliens.
Source: Literature / Out of the Dark -
Sometimes an group of animals just belong to a group because it's normal, like a wolf pack or a deer herd.
Source: Unusual Animal Alliance - He tells them a folk tale about a lion cub adopted by a herd of sheep, who grew up thinking he was a sheep until the day a pack of wolves attacked the flock.
Source: Predator Turned Protector
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