herd vs muster

herd

verb
  • To form or put into a herd. 

  • 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. 

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. 

muster

verb
  • To gather or round up livestock. 

  • To enroll (into service). 

  • To collect, call or assemble together, such as troops or a group for inspection, orders, display etc. 

  • To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like (especially of a military force); to come together as parts of a force or body. 

noun
  • An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things. 

  • The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army. 

  • A roundup of livestock for inspection, branding, drenching, shearing etc. 

  • A collection of peafowl. (not a term used in zoology) 

  • An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. 

  • Synonym of mustee 

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