Egress vs. Access — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Egress and Access
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Egress
The action of going out of or leaving a place
Direct means of access and egress for passengers
Access
A means of approaching, entering, exiting, communicating with, or making use of
A store with easy access.
Egress
Another term for emersion
Access
The ability or right to approach, enter, exit, communicate with, or make use of
Has access to the restricted area.
Has access to classified material.
Egress
Go out of or leave (a place)
They'd egress the area by heading south-west
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Access
Public access.
Egress
The act of coming or going out; emergence.
Access
An increase by addition.
Egress
The right to leave or go out
Denied the refugees egress.
Access
An outburst or onset
An access of rage.
Egress
A path or opening for going out; an exit.
Access
To obtain access to, especially by computer
Used a browser to access a website.
Accessed her bank account online.
Egress
(Astronomy) The emergence of a celestial body from eclipse or occultation.
Access
(uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
Egress
To go out; emerge.
Access
(uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
Egress
An exit or way out.
The window provides an egress in the event of an emergency.
Access
(uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
Egress
The process of exiting or leaving.
Access
(uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
Egress
(astronomy) The end of the transit of a celestial body through the disk of an apparently larger one.
Access
(uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
Egress
(intransitive) To exit or leave; to go or come out.
Access
An increase by addition; accession
An access of territory
Egress
The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.
Embarred from all egress and regress.
Gates of burning adamant,Barred over us, prohibit all egress.
Access
(countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
Egress
The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.
Access
(countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.
Egress
To go out; to depart; to leave.
Access
The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
Egress
(astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
Access
The process of locating data in memory.
Egress
The becoming visible;
Not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
Access
Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
Egress
The act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
Access
Or assent.
Egress
Come out of;
Water issued from the hole in the wall
The words seemed to come out by themselves
Access
(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.
Access
To have access to (data).
I can't access most of the data on the computer without a password.
Access
A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.
I did repel his letters, and deniedHis access to me.
Access
The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land.
Access
Admission to sexual intercourse.
During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown.
Access
Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]
I, from the influence of thy looks, receiveAccess in every virtue.
Access
An onset, attack, or fit of disease.
The first access looked like an apoplexy.
Access
A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury.
Access
The right to enter
Access
The right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
Access
A way of entering or leaving;
He took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge
Access
(computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
Access
The act of approaching or entering;
He gained access to the building
Access
Obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
Access
Reach or gain access to;
How does one access the attic in this house?
I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof
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