elite vs herd

elite

noun
  • Someone who is among the best at a certain task. 

  • A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society. 

  • A typeface with 12 characters per inch. 

adj
  • Representing the choicest or most select of a group. 

  • Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician. 

herd

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. 

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