Pass
Pass noun - A complimentary ticket.
Usage example: the star got passes for his family
Ticket is a synonym for pass in permit topic. In some cases you can use "Ticket" instead a noun "Pass", when it comes to topics like permission, authorization, licence, safe-conduct.
Ticket
Ticket noun - A small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance).
Usage example: only people with tickets will be allowed past the front gates
Pass is a synonym for ticket in permit topic. You can use "Pass" instead the word "Ticket" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as permission, safe-conduct, authorization on paper.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Much of the show deals with issues relating to marriage, family, work and/or sex.This show provides examples of: Actually, I Am Him: When Greg decides not to attend a movie premiere, Jimmy takes his press pass and ticket and goes there.
Source: Series / Yes, Dear - Subverted in real life by Homer Adolph Plessy, who as an octoroon, was able to pass easily as a white man, when buying a "white" ticket on a segregated train.
Source: Pass Fail - Two police officers start to write up a parking ticket for an illegally parked Ford Escape SUV, but they give it a pass and drive off to get a bite to eat when the officer writing the ticket finds his pen is out of ink.
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Ticket and Pass. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/ticket
Pass & Ticket. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/ticket>.
Ticket or Pass. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/ticket.
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