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Cowherd vs Cowhand - What's the difference?

cowherd | cowhand |

As nouns the difference between cowherd and cowhand

is that cowherd is a person who herds cattle; a cowboy while cowhand is one who tends free-range cattle, especially in the american west.

cowherd

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who herds cattle; a cowboy.

    • Related terms

    * bearherd * cow * cowboy * cowgirl * cowman * cowperson * cowpoke * cowwoman, cow-woman * goatherd * gooseherd * herd * herder * herding dog * herd instinct * herdsman * Herdsman (the constellation ) * herdswoman * neatherd * hogherd * horseherd * oxherd * swanherd * swineherd

    Anagrams

    * English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    cowhand

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cow hand

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1886 , month = April , volume = 8 , issue = 1 , title = Ranch Life and Game Shooting in the West , first = Theodore , last = Roosevelt , authorlink = Theodore Roosevelt , magazine = Outing , page = 3 , pageurl = http://http://books.google.com/books?id=0ulYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 , passage = Though a first rate cow hand he very shortly proved himself to be wholly incapable of acting as head. }}
  • * {{quote-song
    • , year = 1936 , title = , composer = , url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFS6UXi4DB4 , passage = I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande / but my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tan }}

    Synonyms

    * cowperson * cowpoke

    Hyponyms

    * cowboy * cowgirl English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs