Stargate vs. Portal — What's the Difference?

Stargate (often stylized in all caps) is a military science fiction media franchise based on the film directed by Roland Emmerich, which he co-wrote with producer Dean Devlin. The franchise is based on the idea of an alien Einstein–Rosen bridge device (the Stargate) that enables nearly instantaneous travel across the cosmos.

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

A hypothetical device consisting of a traversable portal (typically a wormhole) that can send one to another location light years away nearly instantaneously.

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

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

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

An entrance or a means of entrance

The portal vein.

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

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

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

An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.

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

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

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

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

(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.

A grandiose and often lavish entrance.

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

A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

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

To use a portal magical or technological doorway.

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

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

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

A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

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.

A grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically);

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

A short vein that carries blood into the liver