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border vs brink

brink vs border

border and brink both are nouns.

border is a verb but brink is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
border Yes No Yes No
brink Yes No No No
As nouns, brink is a hyponym of border; that is, brink is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than border:
  • border: the boundary of a surface
  • brink: the edge of a steep place
Other hyponyms of border include limb.
border (noun) brink (noun)
a strip forming the outer edge of something the limit beyond which something happens or changes
a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge the edge of a steep place
a line that indicates a boundary a region marking a boundary
the boundary of a surface
the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
border (verb) brink (verb)
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
enclose in or as if in a frame
provide with a border or edge
form the boundary of; be contiguous to
Difference between border and brink

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