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Circumference vs Brink - What's the difference?

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Circumference is a related term of brink.


As nouns the difference between circumference and brink

is that circumference is (geometry) the line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure while brink is the edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm also used figuratively.

As a verb circumference

is (obsolete|transitive) to include in a circular space; to bound.

circumference

English

(wikipedia circumference)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
  • (geometry) The length of such a line
  • (obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object

    • Synonyms

    * (distance measured around any object ): girth * (distance measured around a race track ): lap

    Related terms

    * diameter * radius * perimeter

    Verb

    (circumferenc)
  • (obsolete) To include in a circular space; to bound.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)

    brink

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also used figuratively.

    • Derived terms

    * on the brink

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