Gate vs. Door
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 doorGatenoun
Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
Doornoun
Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
the 24 doors in an Advent calendarGatenoun
Movable barrier.
The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.Doornoun
(immigration) An entry point.
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.
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 leftGatenoun
(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 doorwayGatenoun
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 successGatenoun
(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 usGatenoun
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 leftGatenoun
(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 gatedGateverb
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
