Consultation vs. Meeting — What's the Difference?

The act or process of consulting.

A meeting is when two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal or business setting, but meetings also occur in a variety of other environments. Many various types of meetings exist.

A conference at which advice is given or views are exchanged.

The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.

A meeting between physicians to discuss the diagnosis or treatment of a case.

An assembly or gathering of people, as for a business, social, or religious purpose.

The act of consulting.

The act of persons or things that meet.

A conference for the exchange of information and advice.

A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.

An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.

(collective) The people at such a gathering.

The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.

An encounter between people, even accidental.

A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause.

A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.

A conference (usually with someone important);

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

A conference between two or more people to consider a particular question;

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

The act of referring or consulting;

Present participle of meet

A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress.

A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers.

A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonious meeting.

An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; - in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.

A formally arranged gathering;

The social act of assembling for some common purpose;

A small informal social gathering;

A casual or unexpected convergence;

The act of joining together as one;

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