gathering vs audience

audience vs gathering

gathering and audience both are nouns.

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

As nouns, audience is a hyponym of gathering; that is, audience is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gathering:

gathering: a group of persons together in one place
audience: a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

Other hyponyms of gathering include affair, function, occasion, social affair, social function, social gathering, social occasion, carload, contingent, floor, pair, room, threesome, triad, trinity, trio, turnout, foursome, quartet, quartette, fivesome, quintet, quintette, sextet, sextette, sixsome, septet, septette, sevensome, eightsome, octet, octette, assembly, crowd, concourse, multitude, throng, company, community, municipality, cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae, class, course, form, grade, class, year, bunch, crew, crowd, gang, covey, quorum, commune, convocation, bevy, cortege, entourage, retinue, suite, camp, muster, rap group, rave-up, table.

gathering (noun)	audience (noun)
the social act of assembling	a conference (usually with someone important)
the act of gathering something	a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching	the part of the general public interested in a source of information, entertainment, or a product/service
a group of persons together in one place	an opportunity to state your case and be heard

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