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Corridor vs Entryway - What's the difference?

corridor | entryway |

As nouns the difference between corridor and entryway

is that corridor is a narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, for example in railway carriages (see ) while entryway is an opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure.

corridor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, for example in railway carriages (see ).
  • *
  • *:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors . Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1931, author=
  • , section=chapter 1/1, title= Death Walks in Eastrepps , passage=Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.}}
  • A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
  • Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
  • Derived terms

    * the corridors of power *

    entryway

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure.
  • There were greeters handing out programmes at the entryway to the hall.

    See also

    * doorway * entrance * ingang * foyer