Door vs. Portal — What's the Difference?

A door is a hinged or otherwise movable barrier that allows ingress into and egress from an enclosure. The created opening in the wall is a doorway or portal.

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

A hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier at the entrance to a building, room, or vehicle, or in the framework of a cupboard

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

A movable structure used to close off an entrance, typically consisting of a panel that swings on hinges or that slides or rotates.

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

A similar part on a piece of furniture or a vehicle.

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

A doorway.

An entrance or a means of entrance

The room or building to which a door belongs:They live three doors down the hall.

The portal vein.

A means of approach or access:looking for the door to success.

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

(Slang)To strike (a passing bicyclist, for example) by suddenly opening a vehicular door.

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

To serve as a doorman or doorwoman of (a nightclub, for example).

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 portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.

An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.

Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.

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

(immigration) An entry point.

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

(figurative) A means of approach or access.

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

(figurative) A possibility.

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

(figurative) A barrier.

(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.

A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.

A grandiose and often lavish entrance.

The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers. "The bar owner gives each band a percentage of the door and charges customers more to get in"

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

To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.

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

The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened.

To use a portal magical or technological doorway.

Passage; means of approach or access.

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

An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads.

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

A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle;

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

The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close;

A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

Anything providing a means of access (or escape);

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.

A structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road);

A grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically);

A room that is entered via a door;

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

A short vein that carries blood into the liver