Gathering vs Demonstration - What's the difference?
gathering | demonstration |
A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
A group of people or things.
((bookbinding)) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
A charitable contribution; a collection.
A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
present continuous of gather; collecting or bringing together
The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
An event at which something will be demonstrated.
A public display of group opinion.
A show of military force.
A mathematical proof.
* , s.v. Thomas Hobbes:
As nouns the difference between gathering and demonstration
is that gathering is a meeting or get-together; a party or social function while demonstration is the act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.As a verb gathering
is present continuous of gather; collecting or bringing together.gathering
English
(wikipedia gathering)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.
- A gathering of fruit.
- This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), equivalent to .Verb
(head)- She enjoyed gathering wildflowers.
Derived terms
*demonstration
English
Noun
(en noun)- I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.
- He read the proposition. So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.
