company vs flock

company

noun
  • A small group of birds or animals. 

  • Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture. 

  • A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose. 

  • Companionship. 

  • A unit of firefighters and their equipment. 

  • An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation. 

  • The entire crew of a ship. 

  • Social visitors or companions. 

  • An intelligence service. 

  • A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion. 

flock

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

  • 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. 

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

  • Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding. 

  • A religious congregation. 

  • 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. 

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