“Shepherding” vs. “sheepherding”
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What is the difference between shepherding and sheepherding (sheep herding?)?
What is the difference between shepherd and sheepherder?
I had only heard shepherd until I found sheepherder on a page on the California minimum wage.
differences
edited Jan 17 '12 at 18:26
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What is the difference between shepherding and sheepherding (sheep herding?)?
What is the difference between shepherd and sheepherder?
I had only heard shepherd until I found sheepherder on a page on the California minimum wage.
differences
edited Jan 17 '12 at 18:26
JSBձոգչ
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asked Oct 3 '11 at 19:49
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It's "sheepherder", not "sheephearder".
– Peter Shor
Oct 3 '11 at 20:05
Thanks for the corrections. Editing grammar takes on a whole new meaning here compared to the other SE sites! :)
– jrdioko
Oct 3 '11 at 20:53
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@Peter - unless it's a person hired to listen to sheep baa !
– mgb
Oct 3 '11 at 21:40
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What is the difference between shepherding and sheepherding (sheep herding?)?
What is the difference between shepherd and sheepherder?
I had only heard shepherd until I found sheepherder on a page on the California minimum wage.
differences
edited Jan 17 '12 at 18:26
JSBձոգչ
48.5k13142201
asked Oct 3 '11 at 19:49
jrdiokojrdioko
5013911
What is the difference between shepherding and sheepherding (sheep herding?)?
What is the difference between shepherd and sheepherder?
I had only heard shepherd until I found sheepherder on a page on the California minimum wage.
differences
differences
edited Jan 17 '12 at 18:26
JSBձոգչ
48.5k13142201
asked Oct 3 '11 at 19:49
jrdiokojrdioko
5013911
edited Jan 17 '12 at 18:26
JSBձոգչ
48.5k13142201
asked Oct 3 '11 at 19:49
jrdiokojrdioko
5013911
edited Jan 17 '12 at 18:26
JSBձոգչ
48.5k13142201
edited Jan 17 '12 at 18:26
JSBձոգչ
48.5k13142201
edited Jan 17 '12 at 18:26
JSBձոգչ
48.5k13142201
48.5k13142201
asked Oct 3 '11 at 19:49
jrdiokojrdioko
5013911
asked Oct 3 '11 at 19:49
jrdiokojrdioko
5013911
asked Oct 3 '11 at 19:49
jrdiokojrdioko
5013911
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It's "sheepherder", not "sheephearder".
– Peter Shor
Oct 3 '11 at 20:05
Thanks for the corrections. Editing grammar takes on a whole new meaning here compared to the other SE sites! :)
– jrdioko
Oct 3 '11 at 20:53
1
@Peter - unless it's a person hired to listen to sheep baa !
– mgb
Oct 3 '11 at 21:40
add a comment |
It's "sheepherder", not "sheephearder".
– Peter Shor
Oct 3 '11 at 20:05
Thanks for the corrections. Editing grammar takes on a whole new meaning here compared to the other SE sites! :)
– jrdioko
Oct 3 '11 at 20:53
1
@Peter - unless it's a person hired to listen to sheep baa !
– mgb
Oct 3 '11 at 21:40
It's "sheepherder", not "sheephearder".
– Peter Shor
Oct 3 '11 at 20:05
It's "sheepherder", not "sheephearder".
– Peter Shor
Oct 3 '11 at 20:05
Thanks for the corrections. Editing grammar takes on a whole new meaning here compared to the other SE sites! :)
– jrdioko
Oct 3 '11 at 20:53
Thanks for the corrections. Editing grammar takes on a whole new meaning here compared to the other SE sites! :)
– jrdioko
Oct 3 '11 at 20:53
1
1
@Peter - unless it's a person hired to listen to sheep baa !
– mgb
Oct 3 '11 at 21:40
@Peter - unless it's a person hired to listen to sheep baa !
– mgb
Oct 3 '11 at 21:40
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What is the difference between a shepherd and a sheepherder?
Sheep-herder is a person who herds sheep in large numbers in unfenced country. It is a word used in the USA.
A shepherd is a person employed to guard, tend, and herd sheep, especially at pasture; a member of a pastoral people herding and usually owning sheep, etc. Sheperd can also be used in figurative sense as in the following sentence.
Then the shepherd read, explaining a portion of Scripture.
answered Oct 3 '11 at 20:04
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Shepherding is also widely used in a general sense of guiding, helping or looking after. "He shepherded his grandmother through the process of upgrading her PC."
"Sheepherding" is strictly managing actual sheep.
answered Oct 3 '11 at 22:35
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Well, I never heard "so and so shepherded him to do so and so" sentence, thats for sure....
– Phonics The Hedgehog
Oct 4 '11 at 1:40
4
@SonicTheHedgehog: That usage is fairly poetic or archaic and not used often, but it is a valid metaphor. It is used a lot in the Bible, for example.
– Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Oct 4 '11 at 2:29
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Sheep Herder rounds up the sheep and walks behind them to move them. A Shepherd walks in front of the sheep and they follow him.
answered Aug 28 '16 at 2:11
JamesJames
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This article seems to agree. lds.org/new-era/1977/06/…
– NVZ
Aug 28 '16 at 4:41
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I checked up dictionaries, and here are the results:
herder – a person who looks after a herd of livestock or makes a living from keeping livestock, especially in open country.
‘they are nomadic cattle herders by tradition’ {https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/herder 2019.04.16}
shepherd – 1. A person who tends and rears sheep. 1.1 A member of the clergy who provides spiritual care and guidance for a congregation. {ibidem}
shepherd – someone whose job is to take care of sheep {Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, CD}
sheepherder - shepherd (def. 1).
[1870–75, Amer.; SHEEP + HERDER] {Random House Webster’s Unabridged Doctionary, CD}
shepherd – 1. a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep. {ibidem}
And as far as the comment to James' answer - the article deals with religious matters. With all due respect, it does not seem to be a reliable source to support the linguistic discussion.
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What is the difference between a shepherd and a sheepherder?
Sheep-herder is a person who herds sheep in large numbers in unfenced country. It is a word used in the USA.
A shepherd is a person employed to guard, tend, and herd sheep, especially at pasture; a member of a pastoral people herding and usually owning sheep, etc. Sheperd can also be used in figurative sense as in the following sentence.
Then the shepherd read, explaining a portion of Scripture.
answered Oct 3 '11 at 20:04
kiamlalunokiamlaluno
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What is the difference between a shepherd and a sheepherder?
Sheep-herder is a person who herds sheep in large numbers in unfenced country. It is a word used in the USA.
A shepherd is a person employed to guard, tend, and herd sheep, especially at pasture; a member of a pastoral people herding and usually owning sheep, etc. Sheperd can also be used in figurative sense as in the following sentence.
Then the shepherd read, explaining a portion of Scripture.
answered Oct 3 '11 at 20:04
kiamlalunokiamlaluno
43.9k57183296
add a comment |
What is the difference between a shepherd and a sheepherder?
Sheep-herder is a person who herds sheep in large numbers in unfenced country. It is a word used in the USA.
A shepherd is a person employed to guard, tend, and herd sheep, especially at pasture; a member of a pastoral people herding and usually owning sheep, etc. Sheperd can also be used in figurative sense as in the following sentence.
Then the shepherd read, explaining a portion of Scripture.
answered Oct 3 '11 at 20:04
kiamlalunokiamlaluno
43.9k57183296
What is the difference between a shepherd and a sheepherder?
Sheep-herder is a person who herds sheep in large numbers in unfenced country. It is a word used in the USA.
A shepherd is a person employed to guard, tend, and herd sheep, especially at pasture; a member of a pastoral people herding and usually owning sheep, etc. Sheperd can also be used in figurative sense as in the following sentence.
Then the shepherd read, explaining a portion of Scripture.
answered Oct 3 '11 at 20:04
kiamlalunokiamlaluno
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answered Oct 3 '11 at 20:04
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Shepherding is also widely used in a general sense of guiding, helping or looking after. "He shepherded his grandmother through the process of upgrading her PC."
"Sheepherding" is strictly managing actual sheep.
answered Oct 3 '11 at 22:35
mickeyfmickeyf
4,10911317
Well, I never heard "so and so shepherded him to do so and so" sentence, thats for sure....
– Phonics The Hedgehog
Oct 4 '11 at 1:40
4
@SonicTheHedgehog: That usage is fairly poetic or archaic and not used often, but it is a valid metaphor. It is used a lot in the Bible, for example.
– Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Oct 4 '11 at 2:29
add a comment |
Shepherding is also widely used in a general sense of guiding, helping or looking after. "He shepherded his grandmother through the process of upgrading her PC."
"Sheepherding" is strictly managing actual sheep.
answered Oct 3 '11 at 22:35
mickeyfmickeyf
4,10911317
Well, I never heard "so and so shepherded him to do so and so" sentence, thats for sure....
– Phonics The Hedgehog
Oct 4 '11 at 1:40
4
@SonicTheHedgehog: That usage is fairly poetic or archaic and not used often, but it is a valid metaphor. It is used a lot in the Bible, for example.
– Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Oct 4 '11 at 2:29
add a comment |
Shepherding is also widely used in a general sense of guiding, helping or looking after. "He shepherded his grandmother through the process of upgrading her PC."
"Sheepherding" is strictly managing actual sheep.
answered Oct 3 '11 at 22:35
mickeyfmickeyf
4,10911317
Shepherding is also widely used in a general sense of guiding, helping or looking after. "He shepherded his grandmother through the process of upgrading her PC."
"Sheepherding" is strictly managing actual sheep.
answered Oct 3 '11 at 22:35
mickeyfmickeyf
4,10911317
answered Oct 3 '11 at 22:35
mickeyfmickeyf
4,10911317
answered Oct 3 '11 at 22:35
mickeyfmickeyf
4,10911317
answered Oct 3 '11 at 22:35
mickeyfmickeyf
4,10911317
4,10911317
Well, I never heard "so and so shepherded him to do so and so" sentence, thats for sure....
– Phonics The Hedgehog
Oct 4 '11 at 1:40
4
@SonicTheHedgehog: That usage is fairly poetic or archaic and not used often, but it is a valid metaphor. It is used a lot in the Bible, for example.
– Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Oct 4 '11 at 2:29
add a comment |
Well, I never heard "so and so shepherded him to do so and so" sentence, thats for sure....
– Phonics The Hedgehog
Oct 4 '11 at 1:40
4
@SonicTheHedgehog: That usage is fairly poetic or archaic and not used often, but it is a valid metaphor. It is used a lot in the Bible, for example.
– Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Oct 4 '11 at 2:29
Well, I never heard "so and so shepherded him to do so and so" sentence, thats for sure....
– Phonics The Hedgehog
Oct 4 '11 at 1:40
Well, I never heard "so and so shepherded him to do so and so" sentence, thats for sure....
– Phonics The Hedgehog
Oct 4 '11 at 1:40
4
4
@SonicTheHedgehog: That usage is fairly poetic or archaic and not used often, but it is a valid metaphor. It is used a lot in the Bible, for example.
– Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Oct 4 '11 at 2:29
@SonicTheHedgehog: That usage is fairly poetic or archaic and not used often, but it is a valid metaphor. It is used a lot in the Bible, for example.
– Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Oct 4 '11 at 2:29
add a comment |
Sheep Herder rounds up the sheep and walks behind them to move them. A Shepherd walks in front of the sheep and they follow him.
answered Aug 28 '16 at 2:11
JamesJames
111
1
This article seems to agree. lds.org/new-era/1977/06/…
– NVZ
Aug 28 '16 at 4:41
add a comment |
Sheep Herder rounds up the sheep and walks behind them to move them. A Shepherd walks in front of the sheep and they follow him.
answered Aug 28 '16 at 2:11
JamesJames
111
1
This article seems to agree. lds.org/new-era/1977/06/…
– NVZ
Aug 28 '16 at 4:41
add a comment |
Sheep Herder rounds up the sheep and walks behind them to move them. A Shepherd walks in front of the sheep and they follow him.
answered Aug 28 '16 at 2:11
JamesJames
111
Sheep Herder rounds up the sheep and walks behind them to move them. A Shepherd walks in front of the sheep and they follow him.
answered Aug 28 '16 at 2:11
JamesJames
111
answered Aug 28 '16 at 2:11
JamesJames
111
answered Aug 28 '16 at 2:11
JamesJames
111
answered Aug 28 '16 at 2:11
JamesJames
111
111
1
This article seems to agree. lds.org/new-era/1977/06/…
– NVZ
Aug 28 '16 at 4:41
add a comment |
1
This article seems to agree. lds.org/new-era/1977/06/…
– NVZ
Aug 28 '16 at 4:41
1
1
This article seems to agree. lds.org/new-era/1977/06/…
– NVZ
Aug 28 '16 at 4:41
This article seems to agree. lds.org/new-era/1977/06/…
– NVZ
Aug 28 '16 at 4:41
add a comment |
I checked up dictionaries, and here are the results:
herder – a person who looks after a herd of livestock or makes a living from keeping livestock, especially in open country.
‘they are nomadic cattle herders by tradition’ {https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/herder 2019.04.16}
shepherd – 1. A person who tends and rears sheep. 1.1 A member of the clergy who provides spiritual care and guidance for a congregation. {ibidem}
shepherd – someone whose job is to take care of sheep {Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, CD}
sheepherder - shepherd (def. 1).
[1870–75, Amer.; SHEEP + HERDER] {Random House Webster’s Unabridged Doctionary, CD}
shepherd – 1. a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep. {ibidem}
And as far as the comment to James' answer - the article deals with religious matters. With all due respect, it does not seem to be a reliable source to support the linguistic discussion.
answered yesterday
Jarosław A. BorowskiJarosław A. Borowski
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I checked up dictionaries, and here are the results:
herder – a person who looks after a herd of livestock or makes a living from keeping livestock, especially in open country.
‘they are nomadic cattle herders by tradition’ {https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/herder 2019.04.16}
shepherd – 1. A person who tends and rears sheep. 1.1 A member of the clergy who provides spiritual care and guidance for a congregation. {ibidem}
shepherd – someone whose job is to take care of sheep {Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, CD}
sheepherder - shepherd (def. 1).
[1870–75, Amer.; SHEEP + HERDER] {Random House Webster’s Unabridged Doctionary, CD}
shepherd – 1. a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep. {ibidem}
And as far as the comment to James' answer - the article deals with religious matters. With all due respect, it does not seem to be a reliable source to support the linguistic discussion.
answered yesterday
Jarosław A. BorowskiJarosław A. Borowski
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I checked up dictionaries, and here are the results:
herder – a person who looks after a herd of livestock or makes a living from keeping livestock, especially in open country.
‘they are nomadic cattle herders by tradition’ {https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/herder 2019.04.16}
shepherd – 1. A person who tends and rears sheep. 1.1 A member of the clergy who provides spiritual care and guidance for a congregation. {ibidem}
shepherd – someone whose job is to take care of sheep {Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, CD}
sheepherder - shepherd (def. 1).
[1870–75, Amer.; SHEEP + HERDER] {Random House Webster’s Unabridged Doctionary, CD}
shepherd – 1. a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep. {ibidem}
And as far as the comment to James' answer - the article deals with religious matters. With all due respect, it does not seem to be a reliable source to support the linguistic discussion.
answered yesterday
Jarosław A. BorowskiJarosław A. Borowski
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I checked up dictionaries, and here are the results:
herder – a person who looks after a herd of livestock or makes a living from keeping livestock, especially in open country.
‘they are nomadic cattle herders by tradition’ {https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/herder 2019.04.16}
shepherd – 1. A person who tends and rears sheep. 1.1 A member of the clergy who provides spiritual care and guidance for a congregation. {ibidem}
shepherd – someone whose job is to take care of sheep {Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, CD}
sheepherder - shepherd (def. 1).
[1870–75, Amer.; SHEEP + HERDER] {Random House Webster’s Unabridged Doctionary, CD}
shepherd – 1. a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep. {ibidem}
And as far as the comment to James' answer - the article deals with religious matters. With all due respect, it does not seem to be a reliable source to support the linguistic discussion.
answered yesterday
Jarosław A. BorowskiJarosław A. Borowski
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It's "sheepherder", not "sheephearder".
– Peter Shor
Oct 3 '11 at 20:05
Thanks for the corrections. Editing grammar takes on a whole new meaning here compared to the other SE sites! :)
– jrdioko
Oct 3 '11 at 20:53
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@Peter - unless it's a person hired to listen to sheep baa !
– mgb
Oct 3 '11 at 21:40