Reunion vs. Meeting

Reunion vs. Meeting — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Reunion and Meeting

Reunionnoun

The process or act of reuniting.

The reunion took forever, but it was worth it.It was a tearful and heartfelt reunion as the trapped miners finally saw their dear loved ones again.

Meetingnoun

(uncountable) The action of the verb to meet.

Reunionnoun

A planned event at which members of a dispersed group meet together.

Are you going to the reunion this year?

Meetingnoun

A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.

We need to have a meeting about that soon.

Reunionnoun

a party of former associates who have come together again

Meetingnoun

The people at such a gathering, as a collective.

What has the meeting decided.
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Reunionnoun

the act of coming together again;

monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990

Meetingnoun

An encounter between people, even accidental.

They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.

Meetingnoun

A place or instance of junction or intersection.

Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.

Meetingnoun

A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.

Meetingnoun

(Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

Denver meeting is a part of Intermountain yearly meeting.

Meetingverb

present participle of meet

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Meetingnoun

a formally arranged gathering;

next year the meeting will be in Chicagothe meeting elected a chairperson

Meetingnoun

the social act of assembling for some common purpose;

his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day

Meetingnoun

a small informal social gathering;

there was an informal meeting in my livingroom

Meetingnoun

a casual or unexpected convergence;

he still remembers their meeting in Paristhere was a brief encounter in the hallway

Meetingnoun

the act of joining together as one;

the merging of the two groups occurred quicklythere was no meeting of minds

Meetingnoun

a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers);

Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers