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Horde vs Rabble - What's the difference?

horde | rabble |

As an adjective horde

is .

As a verb horde

is .

As a noun rabble is

a mob; a disorderly 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

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    Usage notes

    * Sometimes confused with hoard.

    Anagrams

    * * English collective nouns ----

    rabble

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mob; a disorderly crowd.
  • The mass of common people; the lowest class of people.

    • Synonyms

    * riffraff

    Derived terms

    * rabble rouser

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