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Gathering vs Ingathering - What's the difference?

gathering | ingathering |

As nouns the difference between gathering and ingathering

is that gathering is a meeting or get-together; a party or social function while ingathering is the gathering in of a literal or metaphorical harvest.

As verbs the difference between gathering and ingathering

is that gathering is present continuous of gather; collecting or bringing together while ingathering is present participle of lang=en.

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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    ingathering

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1882, author=Henry Kendall, title=The Poems of Henry Kendall, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=And, across the gleaming beaches, lo! the mighty flow and fall Of the great ingathering waters thundering under Wamberal! }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The gathering in of a literal or metaphorical harvest
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1886, author=Thomas Hardy, title=The Mayor of Casterbridge, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=From that day and hour it was clear that there was not to be so successful an ingathering after all. }}
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1920, author=Emile Joseph Dillon, title=The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The peasant obtained also the seed, but this he was obliged to return to the state after the ingathering of the harvest. }}
  • :* {{quote-news, year=1994, date=July 1, author=Adam Langer, title=The Last Days of the House of David, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Not until the ingathering are we talking about Eden.}}
  • :* {{quote-news
    • , date=2012-01-03 , first= , last= , author=Ralph Benko , authorlink= , coauthors= , title=Daniel Yergin's The Quest , newspaper=Forbes , city= , publisher= , quotee= citation , page= , passage=... infuses a rich ingathering of information and analysis with the narrative power of a McMurtry, ... }}