Confluence
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river. The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the like meet. A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
Example sentence: Senior year in college, a kind of confluence of events came together to have me pursue a career in acting. I was planning on being a lawyer; I double majored in history and political science. I took the LSAT and did horribly on it, and that was one thing that made me rethink a new direction.
Concourse
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A large open space in a building where people can gather.A large group of people; a crowd.The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; confluence.