appointment vs meeting

meeting vs appointment

appointment and meeting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
appointment	Yes	No	No	No
meeting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, meeting is a hypernym of appointment; that is, meeting is a word with a broader meaning than appointment:

appointment: a meeting arranged in advance
meeting: a small informal social gathering

Other hypernyms of appointment include get together.

appointment (noun)	meeting (noun)
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position	the social act of assembling for some common purpose
the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed	the act of joining together as one
(law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment	a casual or unexpected convergence
(usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)	a formally arranged gathering
a meeting arranged in advance	a small informal social gathering
a person who is appointed to a job or position	a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)

Difference between appointment and meeting

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