Visa vs. Passport

Visanoun

A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.

Visaverb

To endorse (a passport, etc.).

Visanoun

See Vis.

Visaverb

To indorse, after examination, with the word visé, as a passport; to visé.

Visanoun

an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it

Visaverb

provide (a passport) with a visa

Visaverb

approve officially;

Passportnoun

An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.

Passportnoun

Any document that allows entry or passage.

Passportnoun

(figuratively) Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.

Passportnoun

Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water.

Passportnoun

A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.

Passportnoun

A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.

Passportnoun

Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.

Passportnoun

any authorization to pass or go somewhere;

Passportnoun

a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country

Passportnoun

any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission;

Passport

A passport is an official governmental document that contains your identity, it helps you travel under its protection to and from foreign countries. The document certifies the personal identity and nationality of its holder.