exit vs opening

exit

noun
  • An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress. 

  • A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway). 

  • An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure. 

  • The act of departing from life; death. 

  • The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage. 

verb
  • To depart from life; to die. 

  • To depart from or leave (a place or situation). 

  • To leave a scene or depart from a stage. 

  • Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage. 

  • To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave. 

  • To give up the lead. 

  • To alight or disembark from a vehicle. 

  • To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.) 

opening

noun
  • A gap permitting passage through. 

  • The first few measures of a musical composition. 

  • The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe. 

  • The initial period when a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening. 

  • A vacant position, especially in an array. 

  • An unoccupied employment position. 

  • In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set. 

  • An act or instance of making or becoming open. 

  • A time available in a schedule. 

  • An opportunity, as in a competitive activity. 

  • An act or instance of beginning. 

  • The first few moves in a game. 

adj
  • Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events. 

  • describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack 

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