doorway vs staircase

doorway

noun
  • The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room. 

staircase

noun
  • A flight of stairs; a stairway. 

  • A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell. 

  • A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next. 

verb
  • To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete steps. 

  • To increase one's share in a co-ownership. 

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