convocation vs gathering

convocation and gathering both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of convocation include assemblage, assembly.

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

Other hypernyms of convocation include assemblage.

convocation (noun)	gathering (noun)
the act of convoking	the social act of assembling
a group gathered in response to a summons	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