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Confluence vs Convocation - What's the difference?

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Confluence is a related term of convocation.


As nouns the difference between confluence and convocation

is that confluence is the place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river while convocation is the act of calling or assembling by summons.

confluence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
  • We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
  • The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet.
  • The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.
  • A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
  • The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.

    Synonyms

    * conflux

    Derived terms

    * confluence aloft

    convocation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of calling or assembling by summons.
  • An assembly or meeting.
  • An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
  • An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.
  • Coordinate terms

    * (academic assembly) (l)