multitude vs herd

multitude and herd both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
multitude	Yes	No	No	No
herd	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, herd is a hyponym of multitude; that is, herd is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than multitude:

Other hyponyms of multitude include hive, horde, host, legion, ruck.

multitude (noun)	herd (noun)
a large gathering of people	a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
the common people generally	a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
a large indefinite quantity	a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things

multitude (verb)	herd (verb)
	move together, like a herd
	cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
	keep, move, or drive animals