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Convene vs Meeting - What's the difference?

convene | meeting |

As verbs the difference between convene and meeting

is that convene is to come together; to meet; to unite while meeting is .

As a noun meeting is

(uncountable) the action of the verb to meet .

convene

English

Verb

(conven)
  • To come together; to meet; to unite.
  • * Isaac Newton
  • In short-sighted men the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.
  • To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
  • * Sir R. Baker
  • The Parliament of Scotland now convened .
  • * Thomson
  • Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene .
  • To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
  • To summon judicially to meet or appear.
  • Synonyms

    * to meet * to assemble * to congregate * to collect * to unite * to summon * to convoke

    Derived terms

    * convention * convener, convenor

    meeting

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to meet .
  • A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.
  • We need to have a meeting about that soon.
  • The people at such a gathering, as a collective.
  • What has the meeting decided.
  • An encounter between people, even accidental.
  • They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
  • A place or instance of junction or intersection.
  • Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
  • A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
  • *1939 , (John Steinbeck), (The Grapes of Wrath) , p. 20:
  • *:You use ta give a good meetin' . I recollect one time you give a whole sermon walkin' around on your hands, yellin' your head off.
  • Derived terms

    * meetinghouse * meeting of the minds * meeting place * meeting room * race meeting * Sunday-go-to-meeting

    Synonyms

    * assembly * convocation * gathering

    Descendants

    * Crimean Tatar: (l) (borrowed) * French: (l) (borrowed) * Russian: (borrowed) * Serbo-Croatian: (l)/ (borrowed) * Tagalog: (l) (borrowed)

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