Entry vs Inlet - What's the difference?
entry | inlet |
(uncountable) The act of entering.
(uncountable) Permission to enter.
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.
(linear algebra) A term at any position in a matrix.
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.
To let in; admit.
To insert; inlay.
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A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
A passage that leads into a cavity.
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As nouns the difference between entry and inlet
is that entry is (uncountable) the act of entering while inlet is a body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.As a verb inlet is
to let in; admit.entry
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(wikipedia entry)Alternative forms
* entery (chiefly archaic)Noun
- entry for children only if accompanied by an adult
- What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?
- The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.
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 entryinlet
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) inleten, equivalent to .Verb
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Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
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