access vs portal

access

noun
  • A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage. 

  • Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet. 

  • An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion. 

  • Complicity or assent. 

  • Admission to sexual intercourse. 

  • The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility. 

  • The act of approaching or entering; an advance. 

  • An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit. 

  • The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child. 

  • The quality of being easy to approach or enter. 

  • The process of locating data in memory. 

verb
  • To gain or obtain access to. 

  • To have access to (data). 

portal

noun
  • An entrance, entry point, or means of entry. 

  • A grandiose and often lavish entrance. 

  • A short vein that carries blood into the liver. 

  • A prayer book or breviary; a portass. 

  • A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions. 

  • The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces. 

  • Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment. 

  • A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet. 

  • A magical or technological doorway leading to another location, period in time or dimension. 

verb
  • To use a portal (magical or technological doorway). 

adj
  • Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver. 

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