bunt vs herd

bunt

verb
  • To push with the horns; to butt. 

  • To headbutt affectionately. 

  • To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance. 

  • To spring or rear up. 

  • To perform (the second half of) an outside loop. 

  • To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance. 

  • To swell out. 

noun
  • A push or shove; a butt. 

  • The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight. 

  • A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust. 

  • The act of bunting. 

  • The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. 

  • A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved. 

herd

verb
  • To move or drive a herd. 

  • To manage, care for or guard a herd 

  • To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. 

  • To unite or associate in 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. 

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 bunt and herd occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )