conference vs pretrial

pretrial vs conference

conference and pretrial both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
conference	Yes	No	No	No
pretrial	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pretrial is a hyponym of conference; that is, pretrial is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than conference:

conference: a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic
pretrial: (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases

Other hyponyms of conference include bull session, colloquy, consultation, audience, consultation, interview, huddle, powwow, news conference, press conference, pretrial conference, round-table conference, round table, roundtable, session, teach-in, teleconference, teleconferencing.

conference (noun)	pretrial (noun)
a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic	(law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases
a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

Difference between conference and pretrial

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