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Enter vs Insert - What's the difference?

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Insert is a synonym of enter.



In transitive terms the difference between enter and insert

is that enter is to record (something) in an account, ledger, etc while insert is to put in between or into.

As verbs the difference between enter and insert

is that enter is to go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space while insert is to put in between or into.

As nouns the difference between enter and insert

is that enter is an alternative spelling of Enter||the computer key|lang=en while insert is an image inserted into text.

enter

English

Alternative forms

* entre

Verb

(en verb)
  • (lb) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
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  • *:In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.
  • (lb) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
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  • (lb) To go or come into (a state or profession).
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  • (lb) To type (something) into a computer; to .
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  • (lb) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
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  • To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
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  • *:I am pleased to notify the Congress of my intent to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Government of Singapore.
  • To become effective; to come into effect.
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  • (lb) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
  • (legal) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order.
  • to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment
    (Burrill)
  • to make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry .
  • (transitive, US, dated, historical) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption.
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  • to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
  • entered according to act of Congress
  • (obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.
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  • *:This sword but shown to Caesar, with this tidings, / Shall enter me with him.
  • Synonyms

    * go in * come in

    Antonyms

    * (intransitive) exit

    Derived terms

    * entrance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing)
  • (computing)
  • Statistics

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    Anagrams

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    insert

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put in between or into.
  • In order to withdraw money from a cash machine you have to insert your debit card first.
    To make your proof easier to comprehend I recommend you insert a few more steps.

    Synonyms

    * (put in between or into ): enter, introduce, put in, put inside

    Antonyms

    * delete

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An image inserted into text.
  • A promotional leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, etc.
  • This software can print compact disc inserts if you have the right size of paper.
  • An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
  • Anagrams

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