congress vs general assembly

congress and general assembly both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
congress	Yes	No	No	No
general assembly	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, general assembly is a hypernym of congress; that is, general assembly is a word with a broader meaning than congress:

Other hypernyms of congress include law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature.

congress (noun)	general assembly (noun)
the social act of assembling for some common purpose	persons who make or amend or repeal laws
a meeting of elected or appointed representatives
a national legislative assembly