The difference between Access and Entry
When used as nouns, access means a way or means of approaching or entering, whereas entry means the act of entering.
Access is also verb with the meaning: to gain or obtain access to.
check bellow for the other definitions of Access and Entry
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Access as a noun (uncountable):
A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
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Access as a noun (uncountable):
The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
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Access as a noun (uncountable):
The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
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Access as a noun (uncountable):
The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
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Access as a noun (uncountable):
Admission to sexual intercourse.
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Access as a noun (archaic, countable):
An increase by addition; accession
Examples:
"an access of territory"
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Access as a noun (countable):
An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
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Access as a noun (countable):
An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion
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Access as a noun (uncountable, legal):
The right of a non-custodial parent to visit their child.
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Access as a noun (uncountable, computing):
The process of locating data in memory.
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Access as a noun (uncountable, networking):
Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
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Access as a verb (transitive):
To gain or obtain access to.
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Access as a verb (transitive, computing):
To have access to (data).
Examples:
"I can't access most of the data on the computer without a password."
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Entry as a noun (uncountable):
The act of entering.
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Entry as a noun (uncountable):
Permission to enter.
Examples:
"Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult."
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Entry as a noun:
A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
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Entry as a noun (legal):
The act of taking possession.
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Entry as a noun (insurance):
The start of an insurance contract.
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Entry as a noun (Midlands):
A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
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Entry as a noun:
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
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Entry as a noun:
A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
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Entry as a noun:
An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
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Entry as a noun (computing):
A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; a datum in a database.
Examples:
"What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?"
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Entry as a noun (linear algebra):
A term at any position in a matrix.
Examples:
"The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6."
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Entry as a noun:
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.
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Entry as a noun (music):
The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.