flock vs sight

flock

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

  • 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • A lock of wool or hair. 

sight

verb
  • To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of. 

  • To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually. 

  • To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight. 

  • To observe though, or as if through, a sight, to check the elevation, direction, levelness, or other characteristics of, especially when surveying or navigating. 

noun
  • Mental view; opinion; judgment. 

  • The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view. 

  • The ability to see. 

  • Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad. 

  • Something seen. 

  • A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained. 

  • A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target. 

  • In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening. 

  • a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative. 

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