assemblage vs herd

assemblage

noun
  • A gathering of people. 

  • A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often found, elements into works of art. 

  • The process of assembling or bringing together. 

  • A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled. 

  • A group of different artifacts found in association with one another. 

herd

noun
  • A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble. 

  • A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. 

  • Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company. 

verb
  • To manage, care for or guard a herd 

  • To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. 

  • To unite or associate in a herd 

  • To move or drive a herd. 

  • To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company. 

  • To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company. 

  • To form or put into a herd. 

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