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Boarder vs Boundary - What's the difference?

boarder | boundary |

As nouns the difference between boarder and boundary

is that boarder is a pupil who lives at school during term time while boundary is the dividing line or location between two areas.

boarder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pupil who lives at school during term time.
  • The student body consisted primarily of boarders , except for a few children belonging to the school staff.
  • Someone who pays for meals and lodging in a house rather than a hotel.
  • When I left for college, my parents took on a boarder in my old room to help defray expenses.
  • (nautical) A sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding her, or one repelling such attempts by an enemy.
  • The captain shouted at the crew to grab arms and repel boarders .
  • Someone who uses a snowboard
  • A group of boarders swept past us as we climbed the side of the ski run

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    boundary

    English

    Noun

    (boundaries)
  • The dividing line or location between two areas.
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  • *:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
  • (cricket) An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.
  • (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 (a four) or 6 (a six) runs respectively for the batting team.
  • (topology) (of a set) the set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set.
  • Derived terms

    * boundary umpire * boundary rider

    See also

    * border * confine * frontier * fladry