Difference between Approach and Access

What is the difference between Approach and Access?

Approach as a verb is to come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. while Access as a verb is to gain or obtain access to.

Approach

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate. To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood. To take approaches to.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. An access, or opportunity of drawing near. Movements to gain favor; advances. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. — Thomas Babington Macaulay. A manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made. The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post. A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club. The way a plane lands at an airport. The area before the lane, in which a player may stand or run up before bowling the ball.

Example sentence: Why do children dread mathematics? Because of the wrong approach. Because it is looked at as a subject.

Access

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To gain or obtain access to.To have access to (data).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.The act of approaching or entering; an advance.The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.Admission to sexual intercourse.An increase by addition; accession; as, an access of territory.An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion; as, an access of fury.The right of a non-custodial parent to visit their child.The process of locating data in memory.Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.

Example sentence: To me, what socialism means is to guarantee a basic level of dignity. It's asserting the value of saying that the America we want and the America that we are proud of is one in which all children can access a dignified education. It's one in which no person is too poor to have the medicines they need to live.

We hope you now know whether to use Approach or Access in your sentence.

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