Entrance vs. Inlet — What's the Difference?

The act or an instance of entering.

An inlet is an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow, such as a small bay or arm, that often leads to an enclosed body of salt water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon, or marsh.

A means or point by which to enter.

A small arm of the sea, a lake, or a river.

Permission or power to enter; admission

A place or means of entry

The point, as in a musical score, at which a performer begins.

(chiefly in tailoring and dressmaking) a piece of material inserted into a garment.

The first entry of an actor into a scene.

A recess, such as a bay or cove, along a coast.

(Nautical) The immersed part of a ship's hull forward of the middle body.

A stream or bay leading inland, as from the ocean; an estuary.

To put into a trance.

A narrow passage of water, as between two islands.

To fill with delight, wonder, or enchantment

A drainage passage, as to a culvert.

(countable) The action of entering, or going in.

An opening providing a means of entrance or intake.

The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.

(transitive) To let in; admit.

(countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.

(transitive) To insert; inlay.

(uncountable) The right to go in.

(firearms) To carve the wooden stock of a firearm so as to position the metal components in it.

The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.

A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.

The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.

A passage that leads into a cavity.

(nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.

A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance;

(nautical) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.

A bay or recess, as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands.

(music) The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.

That which is let in or inlaid; an inserted material.

(transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.

An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

(transitive) To put into a trance.

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.

Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends.

The passage, door, or gate, for entering.

The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business.

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.

The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.

To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.

To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.

Something that provides access (entry or exit);

A movement into or inward

The act of entering;

Attract; cause to be enamored;

Put into a trance