Gathering and Group

Gathering

Gathering noun - A body of people come together in one place.

Group is a synonym for gathering in assemblage topic. In some cases you can use "Group" instead a noun "Gathering", when it comes to topics like assembly, collection, people, animal.

Nearby Words: gather, gathered, gatherer

Group

Group noun - A usually small number of persons considered as a unit.
Usage example: the next tour group was being seated for dinner

Gathering is a synonym for group in crowd topic. You can use "Gathering" instead a noun "Group", if it concerns topics such as collection, people, animal, multitude.

Nearby Words: grouping, grouped, groupment

How words are described

similar similar gathering similar group
specific specific gathering specific group
separate separate gathering separate group
single single gathering single group
Other adjectives: small, actual, entire, large, big, huge, social, secret, white, major, religious, political, military, larger, titular, next, last, local, previous, largest.
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