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Ingress vs Exit - What's the difference?

ingress | exit | Related terms |

Ingress is a related term of exit.


As a proper noun ingress

is .

As a noun exit is

success.

ingress

English

Noun

(es)
  • The act of entering.
  • Permission to enter.
  • All ingress was prohibited.
  • 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.
  • Antonyms

    * (act of entering) egress * (door or other means of entering) egress

    Derived terms

    * ingressive * ingress traffic * ingress router

    Verb

    (es)
  • To intrude or insert oneself
  • * {{quote-book, 1963, , The Gift: A Novel citation
  • , 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 citation
  • , 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 citation
  • , passage= "We ingressed North Vietnam over Cam Pha on a westerly heading," reported Captain Madden.}}
  • * {{quote-book, 1998, Michael William Donnelly, Falcon's Cry citation
  • , 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 citation
  • , 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
  • Derived terms

    * ingression * ingressive * ingressor

    Anagrams

    * singers * signers * resigns ----

    exit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A way out.
  • He was looking for the exit and got lost .
  • A passage or gate from inside someplace to the outside, outgang.
  • She stood at the exit of the house looking back and waving at those inside .
  • The action of leaving.
  • He made his exit at the opportune time .
  • Death.
  • The untimely exit of a consummate politician .

    Synonyms

    * (a way out) egress, outgang, outway * (the action of leaving) egress, outgoing, departure

    Derived terms

    * emergency exit * exit interview * exit policy * exit poll * exit program * exit strategy * exit wound * fire exit

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To go out
  • To leave
  • To die
  • See also

    * exit stage left ----