Gate vs. Door

Gate vs. Door — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Gate and Door

Gatenoun

A doorlike structure outside a house.

Doornoun

A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.

I knocked on the vice president's door

Gatenoun

Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.

Doornoun

Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.

the 24 doors in an Advent calendar

Gatenoun

Movable barrier.

The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.

Doornoun

(immigration) An entry point.

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Gatenoun

(computing) A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.

Doornoun

(figurative) A means of approach or access.

Learning is the door to wisdom.

Gatenoun

(cricket) The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.

Singh was bowled through the gate, a very disappointing way for a world-class batsman to get out.

Doornoun

(figurative) A barrier.

Keep a door on your anger.

Gatenoun

The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.

Doornoun

A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.

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Gatenoun

(flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.

Doorverb

To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

Gatenoun

Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.

Doornoun

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle;

he knocked on the doorhe slammed the door as he left

Gatenoun

(electronics) The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

Doornoun

the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close;

he stuck his head in the doorway

Gatenoun

In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.

Doornoun

anything providing a means of access (or escape);

we closed the door to Haitian immigrantseducation is the door to success

Gatenoun

(metalworking) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.

Doornoun

a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road);

the office next doorthey live two doors up the street from us

Gatenoun

The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.

Doornoun

a room that is entered via a door;

his office is the third door down the hall on the left

Gatenoun

(cinematography) A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.

Gatenoun

A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.

Gatenoun

A way, path.

Gatenoun

(obsolete) A journey.

Gatenoun

A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".

Gatenoun

Manner; gait.

Gateverb

To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.

Gateverb

To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.

Gateverb

(biochemistry) To open a closed ion channel.

Gateverb

(transitive) To furnish with a gate.

Gateverb

(transitive) To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating.

Gatenoun

a door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall

Gatenoun

a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs

Gatenoun

total admission receipts at a sports event

Gatenoun

passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark

Gateverb

supply with a gate;

The house was gated

Gateverb

control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate

Gateverb

restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment