The difference between Flock and Murder
When used as nouns, flock means a large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration, whereas murder means an act of deliberate killing of another being, especially a human.
When used as verbs, flock means to congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers, whereas murder means to deliberately kill (a person or persons).
check bellow for the other definitions of Flock and Murder
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Flock as a noun:
A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
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Flock as a noun:
A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
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Flock as a noun:
Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
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Flock as a noun:
A large number of people.
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Flock as a verb (intransitive):
To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
Examples:
"People flocked to the cinema to see the new film."
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Flock as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To flock to; to crowd.
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Flock as a verb:
To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
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Flock as a noun:
Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding
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Flock as a noun:
A lock of wool or hair.
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Flock as a noun:
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.
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Flock as a verb (transitive):
To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles.
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Murder as a noun (countable):
An act of deliberate killing of another being, especially a human.
Examples:
"There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone."
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Murder as a noun (uncountable):
The crime of deliberate killing of another human.
Examples:
"The defendant was charged with murder."
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Murder as a noun (uncountable, legal, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule):
The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.
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Murder as a noun (uncountable, used as a predicative noun):
Something terrible to endure.
Examples:
"This headache is murder."
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Murder as a noun (countable, collective):
A group of crows;
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Murder as a verb:
To deliberately kill (a person or persons).
Examples:
"The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband."
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Murder as a verb (transitive, sports, figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic):
To defeat decisively.
Examples:
"Our team is going to murder them."
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Murder as a verb:
To botch or mangle.
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Murder as a verb (figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic):
To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one's anger at somebody).
Examples:
"He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!"
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Murder as a verb (figuratively, colloquial, British):
to devour, ravish.
Examples:
"I could murder a [[hamburger]] right now."