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Borderline vs Circumference - What's the difference?

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Borderline is a related term of circumference.


As nouns the difference between borderline and circumference

is that borderline is a boundary or accepted division; a border while circumference is (geometry) the line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.

As an adjective borderline

is nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.

As a verb circumference is

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

borderline

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
    • 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.
  • Showing bad taste.
    • Your borderline remarks about my aunt's dress destroyed my evening.
  • Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.

    • Derived terms

    * borderline personality disorder

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A boundary or accepted division; a border.
    • She lives on the borderline between reality and madness.

    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)