The difference between Herd and Zeal
When used as nouns, herd means a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper, whereas zeal means the fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance.
Herd is also verb with the meaning: to unite or associate in a herd.
check bellow for the other definitions of Herd and Zeal
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Herd as a noun:
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
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Herd as a noun:
Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
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Herd as a noun (now, usually, pejorative):
A crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative: a rabble.
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Herd as a verb (intransitive):
To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
Examples:
"Sheep herd on many hills."
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Herd as a verb (transitive):
To unite or associate in a herd
Examples:
"He is employed to herd the goats."
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Herd as a verb (intransitive):
To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.
Examples:
"rfdate ''I’ll herd among his friends, and seem<br/>One of the number.'' Addison."
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Herd as a noun (now, rare):
Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals; a herdsman.
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Herd as a verb (intransitive, Scotland):
To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
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Herd as a verb (transitive):
To form or put into a herd.
Examples:
"I heard the herd of cattle being herded home from a long way away."
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Zeal as a noun:
The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
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Zeal as a noun (obsolete):
A zealot.
Examples:
"rfquotek Ben Jonson"
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Zeal as a noun:
The collective noun for a group of zebras.