flock vs share

flock

noun
  • A lock of wool or hair. 

  • 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 religious congregation. 

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. 

share

noun
  • The sharebone or pubis. 

  • The action of sharing something with other people via social media. 

  • The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine. 

  • A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network. 

  • A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability. 

  • A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone. 

verb
  • To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume. 

  • To tell to another. 

  • To divide and distribute. 

  • To allow public or private sharing of computer data or space in a network 

  • To have or use in common. 

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