batch vs flock

batch

noun
  • A graduating class; school class. 

  • The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time. 

  • A set of data to be processed at one time. 

  • A bank; a sandbank. 

  • A quantity of anything produced at one operation. 

  • A bread roll. 

  • A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows. 

  • A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business. 

verb
  • To aggregate things together into a batch. 

  • To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married. 

  • To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process. 

adj
  • Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting. 

flock

noun
  • A religious congregation. 

  • A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals. 

  • 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. 

  • A large number of people. 

  • A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration. 

  • Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.herd/flock 

  • Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding. 

  • A lock of wool or hair. 

verb
  • To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow. 

  • To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap. 

  • To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles. 

  • To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers. 

How often have the words batch and flock occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )