throng vs herd

throng and herd both are nouns.

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

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

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

throng (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
	a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
	a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things

throng (verb)	herd (verb)
press tightly together or cram	move together, like a herd
	cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
	keep, move, or drive animals