herd vs stitch

herd

verb
  • To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in 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 associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or 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. 

stitch

verb
  • To include, combine, or unite into a single whole. 

  • To practice/practise stitching or needlework. 

  • To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches. 

  • To form land into ridges. 

  • To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds. 

  • To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image. 

  • To sew, or unite or attach by stitches. 

noun
  • Any space passed over; distance. 

  • An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing. 

  • An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style. 

  • A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of a book to connect the pages. 

  • A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. 

  • An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style. 

  • The space between two double furrows. 

  • A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle. 

  • A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle. 

  • Any least part of a fabric or clothing. 

  • A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn 

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