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Egress vs Gateway - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between egress and gateway

is that egress is an exit or way out while gateway is (entrance)An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.

As verbs the difference between egress and gateway

is that egress is to exit or leave; to go or come out while gateway is {{cx|transitive|digital communications|lang=en}} To make available via a gateway, or access point.

egress

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) + gressus

Noun

(es)
  • An exit or way out.
  • :
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:Gates of burning adamant, / Barred over us, prohibit all egress .
  • * (1810-1891) (used by him to hurry customers out of his side show)
  • *:Right this way to the Egress !
  • *
  • *:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
  • The process of exiting or leaving.
  • *2003 , International Building Code (IBC), Chapter 10 section 1001.1 :
  • *:Buildings or portions thereof shall be provided with a means of egress system as required this chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall control the design, construction and arrangement of means egress components required to provide an approved means of egress from structures and portions thereof.
  • (lb) The end of the apparent transit of a small astronomical body over the disk of a larger one.
    • Synonyms
    * (exit) exit, way out, outgang * (process of exiting) departure, exit, exiting, leaving
    Antonyms
    * (exit) entrance, ingress, way in,regress * (process of exiting) entering, entrance

    Etymology 2

    * From (etyl) egressum, past participle egredi.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To exit or leave; to go or come out.
    • Synonyms
    * (exit) come out, depart, exit, go out, leave
    Antonyms
    * (exit) come in, enter, go in English heteronyms

    gateway

    English

    (wikipedia gateway)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway , […].}}
  • Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
  • A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
  • (digital communications) In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.

    • Derived terms

    * gateway drug

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make available via a gateway, or access point.

    • Anagrams

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