contingent vs gathering

contingent and gathering both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of contingent include assemblage.

contingent (noun)	gathering (noun)
a temporary military unit	the social act of assembling
a gathering of persons representative of some larger group	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

contingent (adjective)	gathering (adjective)
being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
possible but not certain to occur
uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances