Appearance vs Admittance - What's the difference?
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The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
Personal presence; look; aspect; mien.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= Apparent likeness; external show; how something appears to others.
* Bible, (w) ix. 15
* Bible, 1 (w) xvi. 7
* Bible, (w) vii. 24
The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
(legal) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.
(medical) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
The act of admitting.
Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
Actual entrance, reception.
(euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
{{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2
, He tries again, still no admittance , still no penetration; but he had hurt me yet more, whilst my extreme love made me bear extreme pain, almost without a groan. }}
(British, legal) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
(physics) The reciprocal of impedance
Appearance is a related term of admittance.
As nouns the difference between appearance and admittance
is that appearance is the act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye while admittance is the act of admitting.appearance
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Alternative forms
* appearaunceNoun
(en noun)- And now am come to see . . . It thy appearance answer loud report.
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
- There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire.
- For man looketh on the outward appearance .
- Judge not according to the appearance .
- Will he now retire, After appearance , and again prolong Our expectation?