Console vs. Portal — What's the Difference?

Comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment

A doorway, gate, or other entrance, especially a large and imposing one.

A panel or unit accommodating a set of controls for electronic or mechanical equipment.

A website or web page providing access or links to other sites

An ornamented bracket or corbel supporting a shelf or table top.

Relating to an opening in an organ through which major blood vessels pass, especially the transverse fissure of the liver.

To allay the sorrow or grief of (someone).

A doorway, entrance, or gate, especially one that is large and imposing.

A central control panel for a mechanical, electrical, or electronic system.

An entrance or a means of entrance

(Computers) The keyboard and monitor, considered as a unit by which a user provides input and receives output from a central processing unit.

The portal vein.

An instrument panel.

A website considered as an entry point to other websites, often by being or providing access to a search engine.

A computer system designed to play a specific format of video game using special controllers and a separate display, such as a television.

Of or relating to the portal vein or the portal system.

(Music) The desklike part of an organ that contains the keyboard, stops, and pedals.

Of or relating to a point of entrance to an organ, especially the transverse fissure of the liver, through which the blood vessels enter.

A small storage compartment mounted between bucket seats in an automobile.

An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.

A small, freestanding cabinet, especially one housing a television or stereo equipment.

(Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.

An often scroll-shaped bracket used for decoration or for supporting a projecting member, such as a cornice or shelf.

(anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.

A console table.

A magical or technological doorway leading to another location, period in time or dimension.

A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.

(architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.

A desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.

(architecture) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.

An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.

A grandiose and often lavish entrance.

The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.

(bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.

(video games) A consumer device dedicated to playing video games, with the ability to change games.

A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

(automotive) A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.

(anatomy) Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver.

(architectural element) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, often S-shaped.

To use a portal magical or technological doorway.

(transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.

A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing.

To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.

The lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.

A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height.

The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.

The keyboard and monitor of a computer considered together.

A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

The controlling portion of an electrical, electronic, or mechanical device or system, from which the operator may observe the state of the system as indicated by gauges or on some form of display{n3}, and may direct or control the action of the system.

Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an artery.

The desklike controlling unit of an organ containing the keyboard, pedals, stops, etc. by means of which the organ is played.

A grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically);

A home entertainment device such as a television, radio, phonograph, CD player, or combination of these, designed as a piece of furniture, to stand on the floor rather than on a table or in a separate cabinet; - also used attributively in the phrase console model.

A site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet;

A small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall

A short vein that carries blood into the liver

A scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)

An ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture);

Housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

Give moral or emotional strength to