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Opening vs Threshold - What's the difference?

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Opening is a related term of threshold.


As nouns the difference between opening and threshold

is that opening is an act or instance of making or becoming open while threshold is the bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.

As a verb opening

is .

As an adjective opening

is (cricket).

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 ----

    threshold

    English

    (wikipedia threshold)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
  • (by extension) An entrance
  • The start of the landing area of a runway
  • (engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
  • The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due
  • The outset of an action or project
  • The point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general. As in emotions, stress, or pain.
  • The point of beginning or entry
    • From all the pressure my partner has been through lately, his emotion threshold has suddenly gotten pretty low these days. I can tell because he easily loses it when he is around people or hears about anything to do with his concerns.

    Related terms

    * thresholding * thresholdless * thresholdlike