herd vs identify

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. 

identify

verb
  • To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way. 

  • To disclose the identity of someone. 

  • To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one. 

  • To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself. 

  • To establish the identity of someone or something. 

  • To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to. 

  • To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism. 

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