buddy vs herd

buddy

verb
  • To assign a buddy, or partner, to. 

noun
  • A partner for a particular activity. 

  • An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know. 

  • A friend or casual acquaintance. 

adj
  • Resembling a bud. 

pron
  • A person far removed from the conversation. 

herd

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

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

  • To form or put into a herd. 

noun
  • 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. 

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

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