{"id":494,"date":"2009-01-28T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/entrance-vs-entry\/"},"modified":"2015-12-10T13:33:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T19:33:24","slug":"entrance-vs-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/01\/entrance-vs-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"“Entrance” vs. “Entry”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw the word “ENTRY” yesterday over a door that I would have labeled an “ENTRANCE”.<\/p>\n

My personal preference is to use “entrance” to refer to a location and to use “entry” to refer to the act of entering, which explains why “ENTRY” on an over-door sign caught my eye.<\/p>\n

This prompted me to learn more about each of these nouns.<\/p>\n

The noun “entrance” dates back to the mid-1400s (MF).<\/p>\n

The noun “entry” dates back to the late-1200s (L).<\/p>\n

Dictionaries’ definitions of “entrance” and “entry” are so similar that I would call them synonyms.<\/p>\n

Do you<\/em> make any distinction between “entrance” and “entry”, or do you use them fully interchangeably?<\/p>\n

Please contact me<\/a>, and tell me where you grew up (your hometown) and how you use each of these nouns.<\/p>\n

Once I have enough responses, I will share the results — without your name or email address, but with your hometown.<\/p>\n

Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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