Meeting vs. Seminar — What's the Difference?

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 seminar is a form of academic instruction, either at an academic institution or offered by a commercial or professional organization. It has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some particular subject, in which everyone present is requested to participate.

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

A course of study for a small group of students in a college or graduate school, often entailing research under the guidance of a professor.

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

The group of students in such a course.

The act of persons or things that meet.

A scheduled meeting of such a group.

A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.

A meeting for an exchange of ideas; a conference.

(collective) The people at such a gathering.

A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.

An encounter between people, even accidental.

A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.

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

A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; - formerly called also seminary, now seldom used in this sense.

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

Any meeting for an exchange of ideas

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

A course offered for a small group of advanced students

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);