gathering place vs haunt

gathering place and haunt both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gathering place	Yes	No	No	No
haunt	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of gathering place include hangout, repair, resort, stamping ground.

gathering place (noun)	haunt (noun)
a favorite haunt where people gather	a frequently visited place

gathering place (verb)	haunt (verb)
	haunt like a ghost; pursue
	follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
	be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place