herd vs kennel

herd

verb
  • To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. 

  • To manage, care for or guard a herd 

  • 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. 

kennel

verb
  • To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal). 

  • To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox. 

  • To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole. 

noun
  • The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds. 

  • The hole of a fox or other animal. 

  • A house or shelter for a dog. 

  • A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded. 

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