Ingestion vs Ingress - What's the difference?
ingestion | ingress |
The action of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.
The act of entering.
Permission to enter.
A door or other means of entering.
(astronomy) The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc.
To intrude or insert oneself
* {{quote-book, 1963, , The Gift: A Novel
, passage="Were you asleep? Did I disturb you?" he would ask, seeing Fyodor flat on his back on the sofa, and then, ingressing entirely, he would shut the door tightly behind him and sit by Fyodor 's feet }}
* {{quote-book, 2001, Lynda Schor, chapter=My Death, Mother Reader, editor=Moyra Davey
, passage=When the tub was full I ingressed into the water gently, insinuating my body in a bit at a time, enjoying the sensual pleasure of the extreme heat on the lower part of my body
To enter (a specified location or area)
* {{quote-book, 1976, , The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia: Aces and Aerial Victories
, passage= "We ingressed North Vietnam over Cam Pha on a westerly heading," reported Captain Madden.}}
* {{quote-book, 1998, Michael William Donnelly, Falcon's Cry
, passage=We were ingressing the target area.}}
(intransitive, astrology, of a planet) To enter into a zodiacal sign
* {{quote-journal, 1861, date=December 28, , Almanacs, All the Year Round, volume=VI
, passage=The middle of March finds " Mars ingressing upon the 16th degree of Capricorn, where the sun has arrived in the nativity of Lord Palmerston,"
To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression
As nouns the difference between ingestion and ingress
is that ingestion is the action of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion while ingress is the act of entering.As a verb ingress is
to intrude or insert oneself.As a proper noun Ingress is
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Derived terms
* avian ingestioningress
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(es)- All ingress was prohibited.
Antonyms
* (act of entering) egress * (door or other means of entering) egressDerived terms
* ingressive * ingress traffic * ingress routerVerb
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