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Gathering vs Concentration - What's the difference?

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Gathering is a related term of concentration.


As nouns the difference between gathering and concentration

is that gathering is a meeting or get-together; a party or social function while concentration is the act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.

As a verb gathering

is present continuous of gather; collecting or bringing together.

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
    *

    concentration

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
  • # The direction of attention to a specific object.
  • # The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
  • # The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
  • A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
  • The proportion of a substance in a whole.
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  • # (chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
  • The matching game pelmanism.
  • Coordinate terms

    * (course of study) major, minor

    See also

    * salinity