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Herding vs Sheepdog - What's the difference?

herding | sheepdog |

As nouns the difference between herding and sheepdog

is that herding is an act by which individuals are herded while sheepdog is a breed of dog, used for herding sheep.

As a verb herding

is present participle of lang=en.

herding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act by which individuals are herded.
  • * 2010 , Inga Clendinnen, Reading the Holocaust
    • These herdings and stabbings and stranglings occurred five hundred years ago, before America felt the withering touch of Europe. Does that exclude them from our concern?
  • A hirsel.
  • * 1930 , Scottish Agriculture
    • The whole flock is divided up into seven herdings (the equivalent of the Scottish "hirsels"), and it is through the head shepherd's herding that the only new blood is introduced. Every two or three years some rams are bought at Hawick

    sheepdog

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sheep dog

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a breed of dog, used for herding sheep
  • a breed of dog used for guarding sheep