The difference between Congregation and Fold

Congregation as a noun:

The act of congregating or collecting together.

Congregation as a noun:

A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).

Congregation as a noun:

A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic church.

Congregation as a noun:

A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.

Congregation as a noun:

Any large gathering of people.

Congregation as a noun:

A group of eagles.

Congregation as a noun (UK, Oxford University):

The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.

Fold as a verb (transitive):

To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.

Fold as a verb (transitive):

To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.

Fold as a verb (intransitive):

To become folded; to form folds.

Fold as a verb (intransitive, informal):

To fall over; to be crushed.

Fold as a verb (transitive):

To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).

Fold as a verb (intransitive):

To give way on a point or in an argument.

Fold as a verb (intransitive, poker):

To withdraw from betting.

Fold as a verb (intransitive, by extension):

To withdraw or quit in general.

Fold as a verb (transitive, cooking):

To stir gently, with a folding action.

Fold as a verb (intransitive, business):

Of a company, to cease to trade.

Fold as a verb:

To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.

Fold as a verb:

To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

Fold as a noun:

An act of folding.

Fold as a noun:

A bend or crease.

Fold as a noun:

Any correct move in origami.

Fold as a noun (newspapers):

The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.

Fold as a noun (by extension, web design):

The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.

Fold as a noun:

That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.

Fold as a noun (geology):

The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.

Fold as a noun (computing, programming):

In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.

Fold as a noun:

A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.

Fold as a noun:

A group of sheep or goats.

Fold as a noun (figuratively):

Home, family.

Fold as a noun (religion, Christian):

A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.

Fold as a noun:

A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.

Fold as a noun (obsolete):

A boundary or limit.

Fold as a verb:

To confine animals in a fold.

Fold as a noun (dialectal, poetic, or, obsolete):

The Earth; earth; land, country.