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Sheepdom vs Sheepdog - What's the difference?

sheepdom | sheepdog |

As nouns the difference between sheepdom and sheepdog

is that sheepdom is the quality or state of being a sheep while sheepdog is a breed of dog, used for herding sheep.

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. }}

    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