Interchanged vs Gateway - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between interchanged and gateway

is that interchanged is past tense of interchange while gateway is {{cx|transitive|digital communications|lang=en}} To make available via a gateway, or access point.

As a noun gateway is

(entrance)An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.

interchanged

English

Verb

(head)

(interchange)

interchange

English

Verb

(interchang)

to switch (each of two things)

to interchange places

to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange

* Shakespeare

I shall interchange / My waned state for Henry's regal crown.

to swap or change places

to alternate; to intermingle or vary

to interchange cares with pleasures

Noun

(en noun)

An act of interchanging.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Neil Johnston , title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=That was one of three superb saves Hennessey made in the opening 45 minutes, the best of which was from Dzeko, who had been released by a slick interchange involving Silva and Sergio Aguero.}}

A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.

(rail transport) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.

Holborn tube station is the only interchange between the London Underground Central and Piccadilly Lines

Usage notes

Generally the rail transport sense of "interchange" applies to connections within the same station, or from two close-by stations. Sometimes, especially within the context of public transport in London, "interchange" is restricted to within-station connections only with (outerchange) used for those that involve leaving the station.

Antonyms

* (rail transport) outerchange

gateway

English

(wikipedia gateway)

Noun

(en noun)

(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 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 , […].}}

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.

Derived terms

* gateway drug

Verb

(en verb)

To make available via a gateway, or access point.

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