Appearance vs Entrance - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between appearance and entrance

is that appearance is the act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye while entrance is the action of entering, or going in.

As a verb entrance is

to delight and fill with wonder.

appearance

English

Alternative forms

* appearaunce

Noun

(en noun)

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)

And now am come to see . . . It thy appearance answer loud report.

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, chapter=5, title= 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.

Apparent likeness; external show; how something appears to others.

* Bible, (w) ix. 15

There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire.

* Bible, 1 (w) xvi. 7

For man looketh on the outward appearance .

* Bible, (w) vii. 24

Judge not according to the appearance .

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)

Will he now retire, After appearance , and again prolong Our expectation?

(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.

Synonyms

* (act of coming into sight) arrival, manifestation, * (a thing seen) spectacle, apparition, phenomenon, presence * (aspect of a person) aspect, air, figure, look, manner, mien * (outward show) semblance, show, pretense, or facade * (act of appearing in public) debut

Derived terms

() * court appearance * disappearance * keep up appearances * nonappearance * plate appearance * put in an appearance * reappearance * save appearances

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entrance

English

Alternative forms

* entraunce

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(countable) The action of entering, or going in.

Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.

The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.

the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office

(countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.

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, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=‘It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.’}}

Place your bag by the entrance so that you can find it easily.

(uncountable) The right to go in.

You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.

to give entrance to friends

The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.

a difficult entrance into business

* Shakespeare

Beware of entrance to a quarrel.

* Halliwell

St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology.

The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.

His entrance of the arrival was made the same day.

(nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.

(nautical) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.

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Synonyms

* ingang

Antonyms

* (l)

Etymology 2

From

Verb

(entranc)

To delight and fill with wonder.

The children were immediately entranced by all the balloons.

* 1996 —

See the finest girl in France make an entrance to entrance ...

To put into a trance.