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Gathering vs Arranging - What's the difference?

gathering | arranging |

As nouns the difference between gathering and arranging

is that gathering is a meeting or get-together; a party or social function while arranging is arrangement.

As verbs the difference between gathering and arranging

is that gathering is present continuous of gather; collecting or bringing together while arranging is .

gathering

English

(wikipedia gathering)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
    • I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.
  • A group of people or things.
    • A gathering of fruit.
  • ((bookbinding)) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
    • This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.
  • A charitable contribution; a collection.
  • A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), equivalent to .

    Verb

    (head)
  • present continuous of gather; collecting or bringing together
    • She enjoyed gathering wildflowers.
    Derived terms
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    arranging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • arrangement
  • * (Francis Hopkinson Smith), Peter: A Novel of Which He Is Not the Hero
    • Strict orders had been given by Mrs. Breen the night before that certain dustings and arrangings of furniture should take place, the spacious stairs swept, and the hectic hired palms in their great china pots watered.