Horde and Pile

Horde

Horde noun - A great number of persons or creatures massed together.

Usage example: hordes of shoppers crowding the stores the week before Christmas

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Pile and horde are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pile" instead a noun "Horde".

Nearby Words: horded, hording

Pile noun - A considerable amount.

Usage example: a job that paid piles of money

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Horde and pile are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Horde" instead a noun "Pile".

Nearby Words: piled, piling

old	old horde	old pile
good	good horde	good pile
full	full horde	full pile
endless	endless horde	endless pile
Other adjectives: dead, single, amassing, small, entire, massive, large, bottomless, enormous, huge, new, gigantic, vast, larger, growing, literal, giant, resulting, bigger, largest.

Because Youko's mom was Dangerously savvy and is watching the couple with Akane, and Akane has a pile of candy before her, so the small bit Youko offers is nothing to this horde.

Source: Manga / My Monster Secret
In Age of Mythology, Chiron offers to slow down the oncoming horde of bad guys, by standing under a precarious pile of stones and kicking them.

Source: Stupid Sacrifice
The AI Director uses line of sight for all infected spawning, which can lead to hilarious instances where a massive horde of zombies pile out of a small bathroom.

Source: Offscreen Teleportation / Video Games

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