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Border vs Hem - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between border and hem

is that border is to lie on, or adjacent to a border while hem is : To surround something or someone in a confining way.

In intransitive terms the difference between border and hem

is that border is to approach; to come near to; to verge while hem is in sewing To make a hem.

As an interjection hem is

used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

As a pronoun hem is

obsolete form of 'em|lang=en.

border

English

(wikipedia border)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The outer edge of something.
    • the borders of the garden
  • * Bentham
    • upon the borders of these solitudes
  • * Barrow
    • in the borders of death
  • A decorative strip around the edge of something.
  • A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
  • The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
  • * 2013 , Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles(in The Guardian , 1 May 2013)
    • The Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday the men had been killed on Tuesday in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, on the border of Kandahar just north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah.
  • (British) Short form of 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.

    • Derived terms

    * borderlinking * borderspace, borderspacing

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put a border on something.
  • To lie on, or adjacent to a border.
    • Denmark borders Germany to the south.
  • To touch at a border (with on'' or ''upon ).
    • Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
  • To approach; to come near to; to verge.
  • * Archbishop Tillotson
    • Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly.

    Derived terms

    * border on * cross-border 1000 English basic words ----

    hem

    English

    Etymology 1

    A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia)

    Interjection

    (en-interj)!
  • Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

    • See also

    * ahem * haw

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
  • * Spectator
    • his morning hems

    Verb

    (hemm)
  • To make the sound expressed by the word hem ; to hesitate in speaking.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Hem , and stroke thy beard.
    Derived terms
    * hem and haw

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English hem, hemm, in turn from Old English hemm and related to Middle High German .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
  • A rim or margin of something.
  • * Shakespeare
    • hem of the sea
  • In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
    • Derived terms
    * touch the hem of someone's garment

    Verb

    (hemm)
  • (in sewing) To make a hem.
  • (transitive): To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
  • (transitive): To surround something or someone in a confining way.

    • Related terms

    * hemmed * hemming * hemmer

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) hem, from (etyl) .

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)

    • Anagrams

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