seance vs meeting

seance and meeting both are nouns.

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

As nouns, meeting is a hypernym of seance; that is, meeting is a word with a broader meaning than seance:

Other hypernyms of seance include get together.

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