egress vs escape

escape vs egress

egress and escape both are nouns.

egress and escape both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
egress	Yes	No	Yes	No
escape	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, escape is a hyponym of egress; that is, escape is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than egress:

egress: come out of
escape: issue or leak, as from a small opening

Other hyponyms of egress include pop out, radiate, leak, fall, debouch, come out, fall out.

egress (noun)	escape (noun)
the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent	the act of escaping physically
(astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse	nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
the becoming visible	an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
	an avoidance of danger or difficulty
	a means or way of escaping
	a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
	the discharge of a fluid from some container
	a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

egress (verb)	escape (verb)
come out of	issue or leak, as from a small opening
	fail to experience
	escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
	run away from confinement
	flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
	remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
	be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

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