Entrance vs. Portal — What's the Difference?

The act or an instance of entering.

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

A means or point by which to enter.

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

Permission or power to enter; admission

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

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

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

The first entry of an actor into a scene.

An entrance or a means of entrance

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

The portal vein.

To put into a trance.

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

To fill with delight, wonder, or enchantment

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

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

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

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

An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.

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

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

(uncountable) The right to go in.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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.

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

A grandiose and often lavish entrance.

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

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

(transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.

A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

(transitive) To put into a trance.

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

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.

To use a portal magical or technological doorway.

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

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

The passage, door, or gate, for entering.

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

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

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

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.

A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

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

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.

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

A grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically);

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

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

Something that provides access (entry or exit);

A short vein that carries blood into the liver

A movement into or inward

The act of entering;

Attract; cause to be enamored;

Put into a trance