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Swarm vs Zerg - What's the difference?

swarm | zerg |

As nouns the difference between swarm and zerg

is that swarm is a large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony while zerg is (slang|video games) a very large group of units or players.

As verbs the difference between swarm and zerg

is that swarm is (lb) to move as a swarm while zerg is (slang|video games|strategy games) to attack an opponent with a large swarm of units before they have been able to build sufficient defences.

swarm

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
  • * Milton
    • a deadly swarm of hornets
  • A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
    • a swarm of meteorites
  • * Addison
    • those prodigious swarms that had settled themselves in every part of it [Italy]
  • (label) A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To move as a swarm .
  • *
  • *:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Mail bags, so I understand, are being put on board. Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors.
  • (lb) To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:Every place swarms with soldiers.
  • (lb) To fill a place as a swarm .
  • (lb) To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
  • To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.
  • * (1748–1828)
  • *:At the top was placed a piece of money, as a prize for those who could swarm up and seize it.
  • *1919 , , (The Moon and Sixpence) ,
  • *:She called out, and a boy came running along. He swarmed up a tree, and presently threw down a ripe nut. Ata pierced a hole in it, and the doctor took a long, refreshing draught.
  • To breed multitudes.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:Not so thick swarmed once the soil / Bedropped with blood of Gorgon.

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    * (l) English collective nouns

    zerg

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang, video games, strategy games) To attack an opponent with a large swarm of units before they have been able to build sufficient defences.
  • * 2002 , "Wolfie", Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.everquest )
    • You can't win with small, balanced groups. You have to zerg the mob with a high number of players. They don't have to zerg lower tier encounters just like the lowest tier guilds doesn't have to zerg orc camp 1 in EC. But, at the top end, it's still zerg tactics.
  • * 2003 , "George", Finding groups to mission/hunt/other experience with'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.starwarsgalaxies )
    • The scale and lack of focused content doesn't facilitate this grouping as well as some other games. The good side of that is you don't get the "wonderful" experience of zerging around DF with everyone else waiting for something to spawn.
  • * 2008 , "neithskye", AV after the last changes...'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.warcraft )
    • No one ever did D (or just 3-4 people tried), we just zerged , and we would lose every single AV.

    Synonyms

    *cheese, rush

    Noun

    (zergs)
  • (slang, video games) A very large group of units or players.

    • Synonyms

    *blob