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Entrance vs Entry - What's the difference?

entrance | entry |

Entry is a synonym of entrance.

Entry is a related term of entrance.



In uncountable terms the difference between entrance and entry

is that entrance is the right to go in while entry is permission to enter.

As nouns the difference between entrance and entry

is that entrance is the action of entering, or going in while entry is the act of entering.

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=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.
  • entry

    English

    (wikipedia entry)

    Alternative forms

    * entery (chiefly archaic)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of entering.
  • (uncountable) Permission to enter.
  • entry for children only if accompanied by an adult
  • A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
  • A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
  • A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
  • An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia; a record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
  • What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?
  • (linear algebra) A term at any position in a matrix.
  • The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.
  • The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
  • Usage notes

    Ambiguity Prevention * Correct: entry for children * Not: entry to children as this means that you are entering TO (get to) a child. It is incorrect.

    Synonyms

    * (act of entering ): access, entering, entrance * (permission to enter ): access, admission * (doorway that provides a means of entering a building ): entrance, ingang, way in (British) * (room just inside the front door of a building ): entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule, ingang * (group within a church ): * (article in a dictionary or encyclopedia ): article * (record in a log ): record * (term in a matrix ): element * (item of data in a database ):

    Antonyms

    * (act of entering ): departure, exit, exiting, leaving * (doorway that provides a means of entering a building ): exit, way out (British)

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from entry) * door entry system * entryway * no entry