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Border vs Scallop - What's the difference?

border | scallop |

In transitive terms the difference between border and scallop

is that border is to lie on, or adjacent to a border while scallop is to bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form {{term|scalloped|lang=en}.

In intransitive terms the difference between border and scallop

is that border is to approach; to come near to; to verge while scallop is to harvest scallops.

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 ----

    scallop

    English

    (wikipedia scallop)

    Alternative forms

    * scollop

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the family Pectinidae which are free-swimming.
  • A curved projection, making part of a decoration.
  • A fillet of meat, escalope.
  • A form of fried potato.
  • A dish shaped like a scallop shell.

    • Usage notes

    To specify bivalves, rather than fillets of meat or potatoes, sea scallop and similar terms may be used instead. This is particularly done when several of these are used, such as in cookbooks and in parts of Australia.

    Synonyms

    * (mollusc) scollop (British), sea scallop (parts of Australia) * (potato) potato cake (parts of Australia), potato scallop (parts of Australia)

    Derived terms

    * yesso scallop

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To (be) cut in the shape of a crescent
  • to make or cook scallops
  • to bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped
  • to harvest scallops

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