gathering vs meeting

gathering

noun
  • A group of people or things. 

  • A meeting or get-together; a party or social function. 

  • A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half. 

  • The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature. 

  • A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess. 

  • A charitable contribution; a collection. 

adj
  • That gathers together. 

meeting

noun
  • The people at such a gathering. 

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

  • A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly. 

  • The act of persons or things that meet. 

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

  • An encounter between people, even accidental. 

How often have the words gathering and meeting occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )