confluence vs meeting

confluence and meeting both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of confluence include coming together, merging.

As nouns, confluence and meeting are synonyms defined as:

confluence and meeting: a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)

confluence (noun)	meeting (noun)
a flowing together	the social act of assembling for some common purpose
a coming together of people	the act of joining together as one
a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)	a casual or unexpected convergence
	a formally arranged gathering
	a small informal social gathering
	a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)