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Hardman vs Herdman - What's the difference?

hardman | herdman |

As nouns the difference between hardman and herdman

is that hardman is (slang) a man who is particularly tough or muscular while herdman is (obsolete) someone who herds animals; a herdsman.

hardman

English

Noun

(hardmen)
  • (slang) A man who is particularly tough or muscular
    • He's just a wannabe hardman .
  • (Australia, rugby) A rugby player
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 25, Peter Badel, Crocker: I'll quit if I can't go, Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=FORMER Melbourne Storm hardman Michael Crocker will consider retirement if he is denied a work permit by the British government. }}

    herdman

    English

    Noun

    (herdmen)
  • (obsolete) Someone who herds animals; a herdsman.
  • *1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke VIII:
  • *:And the heerd toke their course, and ran heedlynge into the lake, and wer choked. when the herdmen sawe what had chaunsed, they fleed, and tolde it in the cite and in the villages.