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Penetration vs Ingress - What's the difference?

penetration | ingress |

As nouns the difference between penetration and ingress

is that penetration is the act of penetrating something while ingress is the act of entering.

As a verb ingress is

to intrude or insert oneself.

As a proper noun Ingress is

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penetration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of penetrating something.
    • Any penetration , however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
  • Specifically, the insertion of the penis (or similar object) during sexual intercourse.
  • The act of penetrating a given situation with the mind or faculties; perception, discernment.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , XVI:
    • my observations of her looks and actions became acutely sharpened, and that to a degree which, notwithstanding my efforts to conceal it, could not escape her penetration .
  • A number or fraction that represents how many cards/decks will be dealt before shuffling, in contrast to the total number of cards/decks in play.

    • Derived terms

    * double penetration * interpenetration

    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 ----