forage vs herd

forage

verb
  • To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses. 

  • To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes. 

  • To rummage. 

  • Of an animal: to seek out and eat food. 

noun
  • Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses. 

  • An act or instance of foraging. 

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