meeting vs confluence

meeting and confluence both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of meeting include concourse.

As nouns, meeting and confluence are synonyms defined as:

meeting and confluence: a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)

meeting (noun)	confluence (noun)
the social act of assembling for some common purpose	a flowing together
the act of joining together as one	a coming together of people
a casual or unexpected convergence	a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
a formally arranged gathering
a small informal social gathering
a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)