Getaway vs Gateway - What's the difference?
getaway | gateway |
A means of escape.
The effecting of an escape.
A vacation or holiday or the destination for one.
Pertaining to an escape, as in a vehicle or plans.
(senseid)An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
(digital communications) In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.
Gateway is a anagram of getaway.
As nouns the difference between getaway and gateway
is that getaway is a means of escape while gateway is (entrance)An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.As an adjective getaway
is pertaining to an escape, as in a vehicle or plans.As a verb gateway is
{{cx|transitive|digital communications|lang=en}} To make available via a gateway, or access point.getaway
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Alternative forms
* (adj) get-awayNoun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)- They'd been discussing their getaway plans for weeks.
See also
* get awayAnagrams
* *gateway
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(wikipedia gateway)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway , […].}}
