Congress vs Confluence - What's the difference?

Congress is a related term of confluence.

is the two legislative bodies of the united states: the house of representatives, and the senate.

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

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(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 .

A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.

(often capitalized: Congress ) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.

An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.

The National Congress of American Indians

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

* congressional, congressionally * congressman * congress gaiter, congress shoe * Congress Party

(en noun)

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.

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.

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

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

* conflux

* confluence aloft