Border vs. Frontier

Bordernoun

The outer edge of something.

Bordernoun

A decorative strip around the edge of something.

Bordernoun

A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.

Bordernoun

The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

Bordernoun

(British) Short form of border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.

Borderverb

(transitive) To put a border on something.

Borderverb

(transitive) To form a border around; to bound.

Borderverb

(transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.

Borderverb

(intransitive) To touch at a border (with on or upon).

Borderverb

(intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).

Bordernoun

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

Bordernoun

A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.

Bordernoun

A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.

Bordernoun

A narrow flower bed.

Borderverb

To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; - with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

Borderverb

To approach; to come near to; to verge.

Borderverb

To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.

Borderverb

To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or be touched, as by a border; to be, or to have, near the limits or boundary; as, the region borders a forest, or is bordered on the north by a forest.

Borderverb

To confine within bounds; to limit.

Bordernoun

a line that indicates a boundary

Bordernoun

the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

Bordernoun

the boundary of a surface

Bordernoun

a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

Bordernoun

a strip forming the outer edge of something;

Borderverb

extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle;

Borderverb

form the boundary of; be contiguous to

Borderverb

enclose in or as if in a frame;

Borderverb

provide with a border or edge;

Borderverb

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

Border

Borders are geographic boundaries, imposed either by geographic features such as oceans, or by arbitrary groupings of political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Borders are established through warfare, colonization, or simple symbiotic agreements between the political entities that reside in those areas; the creation of these agreements is called boundary delimitation.

Frontiernoun

The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region

Frontiernoun

The most advanced or recent version of something; leading edge.

Frontiernoun

(obsolete) An outwork of a fortification.

Frontieradjective

Lying on the exterior part; bordering; coterminous.

Frontierverb

(intransitive) To live as pioneers on frontier territory.

Frontierverb

To place on the frontier.

Frontiernoun

That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.

Frontiernoun

An outwork.

Frontieradjective

Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town.

Frontieradjective

Of or relating to a frontier.

Frontierverb

To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; - with on.

Frontiernoun

a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country;

Frontiernoun

an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary

Frontiernoun

an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development;

Frontier

A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a .