entrance vs portal

entrance

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

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

  • The right to go in. 

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

  • The action of entering, or going in. 

  • 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. 

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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