The difference between Crowd and Throng

When used as nouns, crowd means a group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order, whereas throng means a group of people crowded or gathered closely together.

When used as verbs, crowd means to press forward, whereas throng means to crowd into a place, especially to fill it.


Throng is also adjective with the meaning: filled with persons or objects.

check bellow for the other definitions of Crowd and Throng

  1. Crowd as a verb (intransitive):

    To press forward; to advance by pushing.

    Examples:

    "The man crowded into the packed room."

  2. Crowd as a verb (intransitive):

    To press together or collect in numbers

    Examples:

    "They crowded through the archway and into the park."

    "synonyms: swarm throng crowd in"

  3. Crowd as a verb (transitive):

    To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.

    Examples:

    "He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen."

  4. Crowd as a verb (transitive):

    To fill by pressing or thronging together

  5. Crowd as a verb (transitive, often used with "out of" or "off"):

    To push, to press, to shove.

    Examples:

    "They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk."

  6. Crowd as a verb (nautical):

    To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.

  7. Crowd as a verb (nautical, of a, square-rigged ship, transitive):

    To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.

  8. Crowd as a verb (transitive):

    To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.

  1. Crowd as a noun:

    A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.

    Examples:

    "After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors."

  2. Crowd as a noun:

    Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.

    Examples:

    "There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing."

  3. Crowd as a noun (with definite article):

    The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.

  4. Crowd as a noun:

    A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.

    Examples:

    "That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age."

  1. Crowd as a noun (obsolete):

  2. Crowd as a noun:

    A fiddle.

  1. Crowd as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To play on a crowd; to fiddle.

  1. Throng as a noun:

    A group of people crowded or gathered closely together; a multitude.

  2. Throng as a noun:

    A group of things; a host or swarm.

  1. Throng as a verb (transitive):

    To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.

  2. Throng as a verb (intransitive):

    To congregate.

  3. Throng as a verb (transitive):

    To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

  1. Throng as an adjective (Scotland, Northern England, dialect):

    Filled with persons or objects; crowded.