The difference between Entry and Exit
When used as nouns, entry means the act of entering, whereas exit means a way out.
Exit is also verb with the meaning: to go out.
check bellow for the other definitions of Entry and Exit
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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.
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Exit as a noun:
A way out.
Examples:
"He was looking for the exit and got lost''."
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Exit as a noun:
A passage or gate from inside someplace to the outside, outgang.
Examples:
"She stood at the exit of the house looking back and waving at those inside''."
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Exit as a noun:
The action of leaving.
Examples:
"He made his exit at the opportune time''."
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Exit as a noun:
Death.
Examples:
" The untimely exit of a consummate politician''."
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Exit as a verb:
To go out.
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Exit as a verb:
To leave.
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Exit as a verb (euphemism):
To die.
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