herd vs mingle

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. 

mingle

verb
  • To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship 

  • to cause or allow to intermarry 

  • To become mixed or blended. 

  • to intermarry. 

  • To socialize with different people at a social event. 

  • To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate. 

  • To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of. 

  • To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product 

noun
  • The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group 

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