Boundary vs Borderline - What's the difference?
boundary | borderline |
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 , not belonging to the interior of that set.
nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
Showing bad taste.
Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.
A boundary or accepted division; a border.
As nouns the difference between boundary and borderline
is that boundary is the dividing line or location between two areas while borderline is a boundary or accepted division; a border.As an adjective borderline is
nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.boundary
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Noun
(boundaries)Derived terms
* boundary umpire * boundary riderSee also
* border * confine * frontier * fladryExternal links
* *borderline
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He is borderline hypoglycemic and needs to monitor his sugar intake.
- I would rather hire a talented layman than a university graduate with borderline qualifications.
- Your borderline remarks about my aunt's dress destroyed my evening.
Derived terms
* borderline personality disorderNoun
(en noun)- She lives on the borderline between reality and madness.