conventicle vs meeting

conventicle and meeting both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of conventicle include get together.

conventicle (noun)	meeting (noun)
a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)	the social act of assembling for some common purpose
a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship	the act of joining together as one
	a casual or unexpected convergence
	a formally arranged gathering
	a small informal social gathering
	a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)