Borrow vs Borough - What's the difference?
borrow | borough |
To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
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(linguistics) To adopt a word from another language.
(arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
(proscribed) To lend.
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To feign or counterfeit.
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(golf) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
(archaic) A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
(archaic) A surety; someone standing bail.
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(obsolete) A fortified town.
(rare) A town or city.
A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
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A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.
(historical, British, legal) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.
(historical, British, legal) The pledge or surety thus given.
As proper nouns the difference between borrow and borough
is that borrow is while borough is the area, properly called southwark, just south of london bridge.borrow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) borwen, .Alternative forms
* boro (Jamaican English)Verb
(en verb)End of the peer show, passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.}}
- to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another
- rites borrowed from the ancients
- It is not hard for any man, who hath a Bible in his hands, to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above.
Wisconsin Folklore, passage=“Rosie, borrow me your look looker, I bet my lips are all. Everytime I eat or drink, so quick I gotta fix ’em, yet.”}}
Summer at the Cannery, isbn=9781412025362, page=83 , passage=“Ryan, borrow me your lunch pail so we can fill it with blueberries. Susie can make us a pie.”}}
The Clawback, isbn=9781419647680, page=131 , passage=Georgi reached for his empty pockets. “Can you borrow me your telephone?”}}
Bach Flowers Fairytales, isbn=9781847533203, page=7 , passage=“Gaia, could you borrow me your pencils ,(SIC) today, if you do not use them?”}}
- borrowed hair
- the borrowed majesty of England
Synonyms
* (adopt) adopt, useAntonyms
* (receive temporarily) give back (exchanging the transfer of ownership), lend (exchanging the owners), return (exchanging the transfer of ownership) * (in arithmetic) carry (the equivalent reverse procedure in the inverse operation of addition)Derived terms
* borrowed time * borrowerNoun
(en noun)- This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) borg, from (etyl) (related to Etymology 1, above).Noun
(en noun)- ”where am I to find such a sum? If I sell the very pyx and candlesticks on the altar at Jorvaulx, I shall scarce raise the half; and it will be necessary for that purpose that I go to Jorvaulx myself; ye may retain as borrows my two priests.”
borough
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Alternative forms
* boroNoun
(en noun)citation, passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}
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