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Gate vs. Door: Know the Difference

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By Shumaila Saeed || Updated on December 25, 2023
A "gate" is a hinged barrier used to close an opening in a fence or wall, while a "door" is a movable barrier securing an entrance to a building, room, or vehicle.
Gate vs. Door

Key Differences

"Gate" typically refers to a large, often outdoor entryway within a fence or external boundary, designed to secure or allow access to an area. "Door," on the other hand, is commonly associated with indoor access points, providing privacy and security within buildings.
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Gates are often found in gardens, parks, or as part of a perimeter fence, and can be ornate or utilitarian in design. Doors, however, are essential components of buildings, usually smaller than gates, and are integral to the architecture of homes, offices, and other structures.
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In terms of construction, gates are typically made of materials like metal or wood and may be part of a larger fence structure. Doors, while also made from various materials, including wood and metal, are built to fit within the framework of a building and often have a more complex locking mechanism.
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Functionally, gates primarily control access to outdoor spaces or large enclosures and can be symbolic, as in "gates to a city." Doors serve as entryways into rooms or buildings, offering control over environmental elements and privacy.
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The language usage also differs; "gate" can be used metaphorically in phrases like "gatekeeping," while "door" is often found in expressions like "opportunity knocks on the door," symbolizing chances or entry into new experiences.
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Comparison Chart

Typical Location

Outdoors, in fences or walls
Indoors, in buildings
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Function

Controls access to open spaces
Secures entry to rooms or buildings
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Design

Often larger and more ornate
Smaller, integral to interior design
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Construction

Part of fences, simpler locks
Complex locking mechanisms
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Metaphorical Use

"Gatekeeping" (controlling access)
"Opening/closing doors" (opportunities)
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Gate and Door Definitions

Gate

An entrance or means of access.
They met at the gate of the park.
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Door

A hinged or sliding barrier at an entrance.
She knocked on the wooden door.
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Gate

A passageway for boarding or disembarking.
Her flight was assigned to gate 23.
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Door

A barrier against environmental elements.
The door kept the cold out.
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Gate

A symbolic point of entry or initiation.
The ceremony marked the gate to adulthood.
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Door

A panel covering an opening in a vehicle.
He closed the car door gently.
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Gate

A structure that can be swung, drawn, or lowered to block an entrance or a passageway.
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Door

A metaphor for opportunity or transition.
A new door opened in her career.
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Gate

An opening in a wall or fence for entrance or exit.
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Door

A means of access or entry.
The door to success is hard work.
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Gate

The structure surrounding such an opening, such as the monumental or fortified entrance to a palace or walled city.
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Door

A movable structure used to close off an entrance, typically consisting of a panel that swings on hinges or that slides or rotates.
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Gate

A doorway or walkway in a terminal, as at an airport, through which passengers proceed when embarking or disembarking.
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Door

A similar part on a piece of furniture or a vehicle.
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Gate

A waiting area inside a terminal, abutting such a doorway or walkway.
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Door

A doorway.
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Gate

A means of access
The gate to riches.
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Door

The room or building to which a door belongs:They live three doors down the hall.
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Gate

A mountain pass.
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Door

A means of approach or access:looking for the door to success.
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Gate

The total paid attendance or admission receipts at a public event
A good gate at the football game.
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Door

(Slang)To strike (a passing bicyclist, for example) by suddenly opening a vehicular door.
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Gate

A device for controlling the passage of water or gas through a dam or conduit.
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Door

To serve as a doorman or doorwoman of (a nightclub, for example).
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Gate

The channel through which molten metal flows into a shaped cavity of a mold.
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Door

A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically 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
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Gate

(Sports) A passage between two upright poles through which a skier must go in a slalom race.
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Door

Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
The 24 doors in an Advent calendar
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Gate

A logic gate.
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Door

(immigration) An entry point.
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Gate

A path or way.
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Door

(figurative) A means of approach or access.
Learning is the door to wisdom.
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Gate

A particular way of acting or doing; manner.
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Door

(figurative) A possibility.
To leave the door open
All doors are open to somebody
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Gate

Chiefly British To confine (a student) to the grounds of a college as punishment.
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Door

(figurative) A barrier.
Keep a door on your anger.
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Gate

(Electronics) To select part of (a wave) for transmission, reception, or processing by magnitude or time interval.
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Door

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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Gate

To furnish with a gate
"The entrance to the rear lawn was also gated" (Dean Koontz).
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Door

The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers. "The bar owner gives each band a percentage of the door and charges customers more to get in"
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Gate

A doorlike structure outside a house.
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Door

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

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

An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.
To the same end, men several paths may tread,As many doors into one temple lead.
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Gate

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

The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened.
At last he came unto an iron doorThat fast was locked.
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Gate

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

Passage; means of approach or access.
I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved.
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Gate

A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.
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Door

An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads.
Martin's office is now the second door in the street.
A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult.
His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors.
If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door.
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Gate

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

A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle;
He knocked on the door
He slammed the door as he left
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Gate

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

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
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Gate

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

Anything providing a means of access (or escape);
We closed the door to Haitian immigrants
Education is the door to success
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Gate

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

A structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road);
The office next door
They live two doors up the street from us
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Gate

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

A room that is entered via a door;
His office is the third door down the hall on the left
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Gate

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

(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.
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Gate

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

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

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

A way, path.
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Gate

(obsolete) A journey.
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Gate

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".
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Gate

Manner; gait.
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Gate

(transitive) To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
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Gate

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

To open a closed ion channel.
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Gate

(transitive) To furnish with a gate.
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Gate

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

A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed.
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Gate

An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit.
Knowest thou the way to Dover?Both stile and gate, horse way and footpath.
Opening a gate for a long war.
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Gate

A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
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Gate

The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
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Gate

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

The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate.
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Gate

A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate).
I was going to be an honest man; but the devil has this very day flung first a lawyer, and then a woman, in my gate.
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Gate

Manner; gait.
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Gate

To supply with a gate.
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Gate

To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual.
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Gate

A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall
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Gate

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

Total admission receipts at a sports event
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Gate

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

Supply with a gate;
The house was gated
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Gate

Control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
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Gate

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

A movable barrier in a fence or wall.
The garden gate swayed in the wind.
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Gate

A structure that controls the flow of water.
The dam's gates were opened to release water.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries

Can "gate" and "door" be used interchangeably?

No, they have distinct uses based on location and function.
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Do doors always have handles?

Most doors have handles or knobs for operation.
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Are gates primarily for outdoor use?

Yes, gates are usually found outdoors.
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Do gates always swing open?

No, some slide or lift, depending on design.
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Are gates always part of a fence?

Typically, but they can also be standalone structures.
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Are gates used in transportation settings?

Yes, like airport boarding gates.
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Are all doors meant for walking through?

Mostly, but some are for vehicles or as panels on machinery.
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Can "gate" be a verb?

Yes, in contexts like "gating" an area off.
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Is a door always made of solid material?

Usually, to provide security and privacy.
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Are doors used for aesthetic purposes?

Often, especially in interior design.
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Can a door be part of a gate?

Rarely, though some large gates may have a smaller door built-in.
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Can "door" refer to a metaphorical barrier?

Yes, in contexts like "closing the door" on an opportunity.
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Do doors play a role in safety regulations?

Yes, especially in terms of fire safety and emergency exits.
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Is a "door" used in computer terminology?

Yes, in terms like "backdoor" in software or security.
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Can a gate be automated?

Yes, many modern gates have automated opening systems.
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Is the term "gate" used in sports?

Yes, like in horse racing or ski slalom events.
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Is there a cultural significance to doors?

Yes, in many cultures, doors have symbolic meanings and customs associated with them.
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Do doors have a standard size?

Generally, but sizes can vary greatly, especially in custom designs.
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Can a gate be part of a building's architecture?

Rarely, as they are generally separate from the building structure.
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Are gates symbolic in literature?

Frequently, representing entry or change.
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White Collar Crime vs. Blue Collar CrimeWhite Collar Crime vs. Blue Collar Crime
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White Collar Crime involves non-violent, financially motivated offenses often committed by professionals, while Blue Collar Crime refers to physical or violent crimes often by manual laborers.
Fast Food vs. Traditional FoodFast Food vs. Traditional Food
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Consecutive vs. SubsequentConsecutive vs. Subsequent
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Consecutive refers to events or things following one after another in uninterrupted sequence, whereas subsequent denotes following in time or order, but not necessarily immediately afterward.
Goth vs. AltGoth vs. Alt
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Goth is a dark, often Victorian-influenced subculture and style, while Alt (alternative) is a broader term encompassing non-mainstream styles and attitudes.

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