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Intro vs Opening - What's the difference?

intro | opening |

As nouns the difference between intro and opening

is that intro is short form of introduction while opening is an act or instance of making or becoming open.

As verbs the difference between intro and opening

is that intro is to introduce while opening is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective opening is

describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack

intro

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Short form of introduction.
  • (demoscene) A small demo produced to promote one's demogroup or for a competition.
  • * 1999 , "brainpower / digital artists", Win32 demos'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos )
  • If the rules specify that the DLLs' size will be added to the 64K limit, there's not a lot of space to code an intro .
  • * 2005 , Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1
  • Games, demos, intros . They were the same, this was the scene. The trend was that you cracked and made demos and intros.

    Antonyms

    * outro

    Hyponyms

    * (small audiovisual demo) , cracktro, invitro

    Anagrams

    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (informal) To introduce.
  • ----

    opening

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or instance of making or becoming open.
  • The daily openings of the day lily bloom gives it its name.
    He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents.
  • Something that is open.
  • A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.
    He slipped through an opening in the crowd.
  • An act or instance of beginning.
  • There have been few factory and store openings in the US lately.
    Their opening of the concert with ''Brass in Pocket'' always fires up the crowd.
  • Something that is a beginning.
  • # The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
  • They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening , but hoped that word would spread.
  • # The initial period a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.
  • # The first few measures of a musical composition.
  • # (chess) The first few moves in a game of chess.
  • John spends two hours a day studying openings , and another two hours studying endgames.
  • A vacant position, especially in an array.
  • Are there likely to be any openings on the Supreme Court in the next four years?
  • # A time available in a schedule.
  • If you'd like to make a booking with us, we have an opening at twelve o'clock.
  • The only two-hour openings for the hockey rink are between 1AM and 5AM.
  • # An unoccupied employment position.
  • We have an opening in our marketing department.
  • An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Sam Sheringham , title=Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards. }}

    Synonyms

    * (something that is open) hole, gap, crevice * (available time) availability, slot * See also

    Coordinate terms

    * (opening of an art show) vernissage

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (cricket)
  • Derived terms

    * grand opening * market opening * opening batsman * opening ceremony * opening credits * opening day * opening fire * opening hours * opening of an envelope * soft opening ----