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Horde vs Crowded - What's the difference?

horde | crowded |

As adjectives the difference between horde and crowded

is that horde is while crowded is containing too many of something; teeming.

As verbs the difference between horde and crowded

is that horde is while crowded is (crowd).

horde

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
  • A large number of people.
    • We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.
  • * 1907 , Jack London, Before Adam , page Chapter IV
    • It is true, the more progressive members of our horde lived in the caves above the river.

    Derived terms

    * * *

    Usage notes

    * Sometimes confused with hoard.

    Anagrams

    * * English collective nouns ----

    crowded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing too many of something; teeming.

    • Synonyms

    * teeming * the world and his wife

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crowd)