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Intrusion vs Ingress - What's the difference?

intrusion | ingress |

As a noun intrusion

is intrusion.

As a proper noun ingress is

.

intrusion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.
  • * He viewed sales calls as an unwelcome intrusion .
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-14
    • , author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins , title=We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys , volume=188, issue=2, page=23 , date=2012-12-21 , magazine= citation , passage=The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.}}
  • (geology) Magma forced into other rock formations; the rock formed when such magma solidifies.

    • Related terms

    (terms related to intrusion) * intrude * intruder * intrusive

    References

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    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

    Related terms

    * ingredient

    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 ----