Portal vs Postal - What's the difference?
portal | postal |
A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
* Milton
An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
(Internet) A website that acts as an entrance to other websites on the Internet.
(anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
(fiction) A magical or technological leading to another location, period in time or dimension.
(architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
(architecture) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
(bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
(anatomy) Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver.
Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
As adjectives the difference between portal and postal
is that portal is of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver while postal is relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.As a noun portal
is a grandiose and often lavish entrance.portal
English
Noun
(en noun)- Thick with sparkling orient gems / The portal shone.
- The local library, a portal of knowledge.
- The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.
Derived terms
* nonportalAdjective
(-)- the portal vein
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*See also
* porthole * porch ----postal
English
Adjective
(-)- postal worker
- for all your postal needs
- work in the postal industry