Get Entity data and metadata

Get entity types list :

$itmes_list= \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getDefinitions();

Get Entity type (Content / Config)

$itmes_list['node']->getGroup();

$itmes_list['node_type']->getGroup();

Get Label / Name

$itmes_list['node']->getLabel();

Load entity (dynamic type) from database

\Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($entity_type)->load($id);

See : https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core%21includes%21entity.inc/function/entity_load/8.3.x

Load a entity type using entityTypeManager

Example :

$nodeEntity = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getDefinition('node');