different between congress vs confluence

English

Etymology

From Latin congressum, the past participle of congredior (“I go, come together”), itself from con- + gradior (“I go, step”). The verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (noun:)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?????s/, /-??s/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??????s/
• (verb:)
  • IPA^(key): /k?n????s/, /k??????s/

Noun

congress (countable and uncountable, plural congresses)

1. (archaic) A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.
   • , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.48:

     After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress.

2. A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
3. (often capitalized: Congress) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
4. An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.

   The National Congress of American Indians

5. (dated) Coitus; sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

• (legislative body) assembly, legislature, parliament
• (association) federation

Derived terms

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Verb

congress (third-person singular simple present congresses, present participle congressing, simple past and past participle congressed)

1. (intransitive) To assemble together.
2. To meet in a congress.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin confluentia, from con- + fluere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?nflu?ns/
• Hyphenation: con?flu?ence

Noun

confluence (plural confluences)

1. The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

   We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

2. The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet.

   The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.

3. A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.

   The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.

4. (biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other
5. (computer science) In rewriting systems, property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.

Synonyms

• conflux
• watersmeet

Related terms

• confluence aloft

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