Entrance vs. Exit — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Entrance and Exit
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Entrance
The act or an instance of entering.
Exit
The act of going away or out.
Entrance
A means or point by which to enter.
Exit
A passage or way out
An emergency exit in a theater.
Took the second exit on the throughway.
Entrance
Permission or power to enter; admission
Gained entrance to medical school.
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Exit
The departure of a performer from the stage.
Entrance
The point, as in a musical score, at which a performer begins.
Exit
Death.
Entrance
The first entry of an actor into a scene.
Exit
To make one's exit; depart.
Entrance
(Nautical) The immersed part of a ship's hull forward of the middle body.
Exit
To go out of; leave
Exited the plane through a rear door.
Entrance
To put into a trance.
Exit
(Computers) To terminate the execution of (an application)
Exited the subroutine.
Entrance
To fill with delight, wonder, or enchantment
A child who was entranced by a fairy tale.
Exit
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
He made his exit at the opportune time.
Entrance
(countable) The action of entering, or going in.
Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.
Exit
The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage.
Entrance
The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
The entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office
Exit
A way out.
Entrance
(countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
Place your bag by the entrance so that you can find it easily.
Exit
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.
Emergency exit
Fire exit
He was looking for the exit and got lost.
She stood at the exit of the house looking back and waving at those inside.
Entrance
(uncountable) The right to go in.
You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.
To give entrance to friends
Exit
(road transport) 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).
Entrance
The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
A difficult entrance into business
Exit
The act of departing from life; death.
The untimely exit of a respected politician
Entrance
The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
His entrance of the arrival was made the same day.
Exit
(intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
Entrance
(nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
Exit
(theatre) To leave a scene or depart from a stage.
Desdemona exits stage left.
Entrance
(nautical) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
Exit
To depart from life; to die.
Entrance
(music) The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.
Exit
To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)
Entrance
(transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.
The children were immediately entranced by all the balloons.
Exit
To depart from or leave (a place or situation).
Entrance
(transitive) To put into a trance.
Exit
To alight or disembark from a vehicle.
Entrance
The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office.
Exit
To give up the lead.
Entrance
Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends.
Exit
Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage.
Entrance
The passage, door, or gate, for entering.
Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city.
Exit
He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.
Entrance
The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business.
St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology.
Exit
The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.
They have their exits and their entrances.
Entrance
The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day.
Exit
Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit.
Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death.
Entrance
The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
Exit
A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out.
Forcing the water forth through its ordinary exits.
Entrance
To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.
Him, still entranced and in a litter laid,They bore from field and to the bed conveyed.
Exit
An opening that permits escape or release;
He blocked the way out
The canyon had only one issue
Entrance
To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.
And I so ravished with her heavenly note,I stood entranced, and had no room for thought.
Exit
Euphemistic expressions for death;
Thousands mourned his passing
Entrance
Something that provides access (entry or exit);
They waited at the entrance to the garden
Beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
Exit
The act of going out
Entrance
A movement into or inward
Exit
Move out of or depart from;
Leave the room
The fugitive has left the country
Entrance
The act of entering;
She made a grand entrance
Exit
Lose the lead
Entrance
Attract; cause to be enamored;
She captured all the men's hearts
Exit
Pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;
She died from cancer
They children perished in the fire
The patient went peacefully
Entrance
Put into a trance
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