bevy vs gathering

bevy and gathering both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bevy	Yes	No	No	No
gathering	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gathering is a hypernym of bevy; that is, gathering is a word with a broader meaning than bevy:

Other hypernyms of bevy include assemblage.

bevy (noun)	gathering (noun)
a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)	the social act of assembling
a large gathering of people of a particular type	the act of gathering something
	sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
	a group of persons together in one place