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Margin vs Rim - What's the difference?

margin | rim |

Rim is a synonym of margin.



As nouns the difference between margin and rim

is that margin is the edge of the paper that remains blank while rim is an edge around something, especially when circular.

As verbs the difference between margin and rim

is that margin is to add a margin to while rim is to form a rim on.

margin

English

(wikipedia margin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (typography) The edge of the paper that remains blank.
  • The edge or border of any flat surface.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.}}
  • *
  • The lobule margins , furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
  • (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from of a set or group.
  • * 1999 , Pierre François, ''Inlets of the Soul: Contemporary Fiction in English and the Myth of the Fall, page 186,
  • As far as space is concerned, Mary Lamb finds herself at the farthest margin of society - among tramps - when the novel begins.
  • A difference between results, characteristics, scores.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=April 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Chelsea will point to that victory margin as confirmation of their superiority - but Spurs will complain their hopes of turning the game around were damaged fatally by Atkinson's decision.}}
  • A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
  • margin of error
  • (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
  • (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.
  • Derived terms

    * extensive margin * intensive margin * gross margin * margin call * margin of error * safety margin

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To add a to.
  • Anagrams

    * *

    rim

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rim, rym, rime, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An edge around something, especially when circular.
  • wheelrim
  • See also
    * (wheel rim) mag wheel, alloy wheel

    Verb

    (transitive)
  • To form a rim on.
  • To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit
  • Palm trees rim the beach.
    A walking path rims the island.
  • (label) To roll around a rim.
  • The golf ball rimmed the cup.
    The basketball rimmed in and out.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) rim, rym, ryme, reme, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A membrane.
  • The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1599, author=Shakespeare, title=King Henry V, chapter=Act IV, scene IV - Pistol to a captured French soldier from whom he wants a ransom and whom he does not understand
  • , passage=Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood.}}

    Etymology 3

    From a variation of ream.

    Verb

    (rimm)
  • (label) to lick the anus of a partner as part of the sexual act.
  • * 2008 , Lexy Harper, Bedtime Erotica for Freaks (Like Me) , page 216
  • When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit.