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

  1. Flock as a noun:

    A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.

  2. Flock as a noun:

    A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.

  3. Flock as a noun:

    Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.

  4. Flock as a noun:

    A large number of people.

  1. 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."

  2. Flock as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To flock to; to crowd.

  3. Flock as a verb:

    To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.

  1. Flock as a noun:

    Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding

  2. Flock as a noun:

    A lock of wool or hair.

  3. 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.

  1. Flock as a verb (transitive):

    To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles.

  1. 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."

  2. Murder as a noun (uncountable):

    The crime of deliberate killing of another human.

    Examples:

    "The defendant was charged with murder."

  3. 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.

  4. Murder as a noun (uncountable, used as a predicative noun):

    Something terrible to endure.

    Examples:

    "This headache is murder."

  5. Murder as a noun (countable, collective):

    A group of crows;

  1. Murder as a verb:

    To deliberately kill (a person or persons).

    Examples:

    "The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband."

  2. Murder as a verb (transitive, sports, figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic):

    To defeat decisively.

    Examples:

    "Our team is going to murder them."

  3. Murder as a verb:

    To botch or mangle.

  4. 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!"

  5. Murder as a verb (figuratively, colloquial, British):

    to devour, ravish.

    Examples:

    "I could murder a [[hamburger]] right now."