entrance vs trance

entrance

verb
  • To put into a trance. 

  • To delight and fill with wonder. 

noun
  • 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 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. 

trance

verb
  • To create in or via a trance. 

  • To travel quickly over a long distance. 

  • To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance. 

  • To pass across or over; to traverse. 

  • To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge. 

noun
  • A dazed or unconscious condition. 

  • A tedious journey. 

  • A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being). 

  • A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis. 

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