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irruption vs ingress

ingress vs irruption

irruption and ingress both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
irruption Yes No No No
ingress Yes No No No
As nouns, ingress is a hypernym of irruption; that is, ingress is a word with a broader meaning than irruption:
  • irruption: a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in
  • ingress: the act of entering
Other hypernyms of irruption include entering, entrance, entry, incoming.
irruption (noun) ingress (noun)
a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in the act of entering
a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
Difference between irruption and ingress

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