Entree vs. Entry — What's the Difference?

The main course of a meal.

The act or an instance of entering.

The right to enter or join a particular sphere or group

The privilege or right of entering.

The main dish of a meal.

(Sports) The act of entering the water in completing a dive.

A dish served in formal dining immediately before the main course or between two principal courses.

A means or place by which to enter.

The act of entering.

The inclusion or insertion of an item, as in a record

The power, permission, or liberty to enter; admittance.

An item entered in this way

An opening or introductory movement at the beginning of a dance such as a pas de deux.

An entry word, as in a dictionary; a headword.

A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entrée of a house.

A headword along with its related text.

In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc.

One entered in a competition

The dish which comprises the main course of a meal, especially in a restaurant; as, there were many entrees on the menu.

The act of entering.

The principal dish of a meal

(uncountable) Permission to enter.

The right to enter

A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.

Something that provides access (entry or exit);

(legal) The act of taking possession.

The act of entering;

(insurance) The start of an insurance contract.

(Midlands) A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.

A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms

A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships

An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.

A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.

(linear algebra) A term at any position in a matrix.

The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.

(music) The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.

(hunting) The introduction of new hounds into a pack.

The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an entry upon an undertaking.

The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item.

That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine.

The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them.

An item inserted in a written record

The act of beginning something new;

A written record of a commercial transaction

Something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition);

Something that provides access (entry or exit);

The act of entering;