entrance vs entry

entrance

noun
  • The action of entering, or going in. 

  • The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office. 

  • The place of entering, as a gate or doorway. 

  • The right to go in. 

  • The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line. 

  • The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation. 

  • The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry. 

  • The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering. 

  • The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line. 

verb
  • To put into a trance. 

  • To delight and fill with wonder. 

entry

noun
  • The act of entering. 

  • The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance. 

  • A doorway that provides a means of entering a building. 

  • The act of taking possession. 

  • Permission to enter. 

  • The start of an insurance contract. 

  • An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia. 

  • A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database. 

  • A term at any position in a matrix. 

  • A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms 

  • The introduction of new hounds into a pack. 

  • A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships 

  • A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard. 

  • The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. 

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