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Border vs. Boundary — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Border and Boundary

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Border

Borders are geographic boundaries, imposed either by geographic features such as oceans, or by arbitrary groupings of political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Borders are established through warfare, colonization, or simple symbiotic agreements between the political entities that reside in those areas; the creation of these agreements is called boundary delimitation.

Boundary

(cricket) An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.

Border

A part that forms the outer edge of something.

Boundary

A line which marks the limits of an area; a dividing line
A county boundary
A boundary wall
The river marks the boundary between the two regions

Border

A decorative strip around the edge of something, such as fabric.
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Boundary

A hit crossing the limits of the field, scoring four or six runs.

Border

A strip of ground, as at the edge of a garden or walk, in which ornamental plants or shrubs are planted.

Boundary

Something that indicates a border or limit.

Border

The line or frontier area separating political divisions or geographic regions; a boundary.

Boundary

The border or limit so indicated.
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Border

To lie along or adjacent to the border of
Canada borders the United States.

Boundary

The dividing line or location between two areas.

Border

To put a border on.

Boundary

The bounds, confines, or limits between immaterial things such as one’s comfort zone, privacy, or professional sphere and the realm beyond.please check this definition along with the example below
I didn’t mean to push the boundaries by sending my boss a message on Saturday night.

Border

To lie adjacent to another
The United States borders on Canada.

Boundary

(cricket) An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (four) or 6 (six) runs respectively for the batting team.

Border

To be almost like another in character
An act that borders on heroism.

Boundary

(topology) (of a set) The set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set.

Border

The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.

Boundary

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.
But still his native country liesBeyond the boundaries of the skies.
That bright and tranquil stream, the boundary of Louth and Meath.
Sensation and reflection are the boundaries of our thoughts.

Border

The outer edge of something.
The borders of the garden

Boundary

The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

Border

A decorative strip around the edge of something.
There's a nice frilly border around the picture frame.
A solid border around a table of figures

Boundary

A line determining the limits of an area

Border

A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.

Boundary

The greatest possible degree of something;
What he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
To the limit of his ability

Border

Border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.

Border

(computing) A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.

Border

(transitive) To put a border on something.

Border

(transitive) To form a border around; to bound.

Border

(transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
Denmark borders Germany to the south.

Border

(intransitive) To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

Border

(intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).

Border

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.
Upon the borders of these solitudes.
In the borders of death.

Border

A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.

Border

A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.

Border

A narrow flower bed.

Border

To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; - with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

Border

To approach; to come near to; to verge.
Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly.

Border

To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.

Border

To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or be touched, as by a border; to be, or to have, near the limits or boundary; as, the region borders a forest, or is bordered on the north by a forest.
The country is bordered by a broad tract called the "hot region."
Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf.

Border

To confine within bounds; to limit.
That nature, which contemns its origin,Can not be bordered certain in itself.

Border

A line that indicates a boundary

Border

The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

Border

The boundary of a surface

Border

A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

Border

A strip forming the outer edge of something;
The rug had a wide blue border

Border

Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle;
The forest surrounds my property

Border

Form the boundary of; be contiguous to

Border

Enclose in or as if in a frame;
Frame a picture

Border

Provide with a border or edge;
Edge the tablecloth with embroidery

Border

Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;
Canada adjoins the U.S.
England marches with Scotland

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