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Sheep vs Sheepdom - What's the difference?

sheep | sheepdom |

As nouns the difference between sheep and sheepdom

is that sheep is a woolly ruminant of the genus ovis while sheepdom is the quality or state of being a sheep.

sheep

English

Noun

(sheep)
  • A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis .
  • A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.
  • (chiefly, humorous)

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * black sheep * sheepdog * sheepfold * sheepish * sheeple * sheepskin * shoop (chiefly-humorous back-formation)

    Descendants

    * Abenaki: (l)

    See also

    * * Aries * ewe * lamb * mutton * ovine * ram * teg * tup * wether

    External links

    * * (wikipedia) * (Ovis)

    References

    Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words ----

    sheepdom

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality or state of being a sheep.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1866, author=Anthony Trollope, title=The Claverings, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Harry sat between them, like a sheep as he was, very meekly--not without some enjoyment of his sheepdom , but still feeling that he was a sheep. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1919, author=Caroline Lockhart, title=The Fighting Shepherdess, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=In the shape of a wedge with a leader at the point of it, they were running with a definite purpose and as though all the dogs in sheepdom were heeling them. }}