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Entrance vs Avenue - What's the difference?

entrance | avenue |

As nouns the difference between entrance and avenue

is that entrance is (countable) the action of entering, or going in while avenue is a broad street, especially one bordered by trees ().

As a verb entrance

is to delight and fill with wonder.

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.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=
    • , 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.
    • (Totten)
    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.

    • avenue

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A broad street, especially one bordered by trees ().
  • A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
  • The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=1 citation , passage=They said nothing further, but tramped on in the growing darkness, past farm steadings, into the little village, through the silent churchyard where generations of the Pallisers lay, and up the beech avenue that led to Northrop Hall.}}
  • A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
    • There are several avenues by which we can approach this problem.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=18 April , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Alexis Sanchez hit the crossbar for Barcelona early on and Pedro hit the post in the dying seconds - while Cole cleared off the line from Cesc Fabregas. Goalkeeper Petr Cech also saved well from Messi and Carles Puyol as Pep Guardiola's team tried every avenue in an attempt to break Chelsea down.}}

    Usage notes

    Sometimes used interchangeably with other terms such as street. When distinguished, an avenue' is generally broad and tree-lined. Further, in many American cities laid out on a grid, notably Manhattan, streets run east-west, while ' avenues run north-south. In French traditionally used for routes between two places within a city, named for the destination (or formally where it is coming from''), as in the archetypal ''Avenue des . This distinction is not observed in English, where names such as “(Fifth Avenue)” are common.

    Synonyms

    * (broad street) drive, boulevard * (broad street) , ave (abbreviation)