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Herdsman vs Ranch - What's the difference?

herdsman | ranch |

As nouns the difference between herdsman and ranch

is that herdsman is a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep while ranch is a large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.

As a verb ranch is

to operate a ranch; engage in ranching.

herdsman

English

Noun

(herdsmen)
  • a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep.

    • ranch

    English

    Noun

    (ranches)
  • A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
    • , title=, chapter=1 , passage=There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”}}
  • A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock.
  • A house or property on a ranch land.
  • Ranch dressing.

    • Derived terms

    * rancher * ranchhand * ranchslider, ranch slider

    Verb

    (es)
  • To operate a ranch; engage in ranching.
    • Formally the widow still ranches''', in fact she leaves all ' ranching to the foreman
  • To work on a ranch
  • :: ''Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman