crowd vs gathering

crowd and gathering both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of crowd include assemblage.

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

Other hypernyms of crowd include assemblage.

crowd (noun)	gathering (noun)
a large number of things or people considered together	the social act of assembling
an informal body of friends	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

crowd (verb)	gathering (verb)
to gather together in large numbers
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
approach a certain age or speed
fill or occupy to the point of overflowing