Ingate vs Inmate - What's the difference?
ingate | inmate |
(obsolete) entrance; ingress
(obsolete) The aperture in a mould for pouring in the metal; the gate.
A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient)
A person who occupies or dwells within a dwelling-house. The word came to be used to refer to temporary inhabitants such as guests in a hotel, students in an on-campus dormitory, patients in a hospital, or prisoners.
As nouns the difference between ingate and inmate
is that ingate is (obsolete) entrance; ingress while inmate is a person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).ingate
English
Noun
(en noun)- Which hath in charge the ingate of the year. — Spenser.
- (Simmonds)