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Entrance vs Entranced - What's the difference?

entrance | entranced |

As verbs the difference between entrance and entranced

is that entrance is to delight and fill with wonder while entranced is (entrance).

As a noun entrance

is (countable) the action of entering, or going in.

As an adjective entranced is

held at attention, as if by magic.

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=β€˜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 β€”
  • See the finest girl in France make an entrance to entrance ...
  • To put into a trance.
  • entranced

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Held at attention, as if by magic.
  • * 1956 β€” , The City and the Stars , p 37
  • The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.

    Synonyms

    * bedazzled, fascinated, hypnotized, spellbound

    Verb

    (head)
  • (entrance)