Hoard vs. Horde

Posted by Administrator on May 5, 2009 in The Word |
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These two words are easy to mix up. I usually look them up every time I use them, just to be sure I’ve got it right.

Hoard is a noun meaning “a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away” or a verb meaning “to lay up a hoard of” or “to keep to oneself.”

I keep of hoard of Twinkies under my desk.
The dragon hoarded gold and jewels in his cave.

Horde is a noun meaning “a teeming crowd or throng.”

A horde of hungry children descended upon the ice cream truck.

And putting it all together:

A horde of valiant knights slew the dragon and plundered his hoard of jewels.

(Definitions taken from The Merriam-Webster Dictionary.)

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