Border vs. Margin — What's the Difference?

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.

The edge or border of something

A part that forms the outer edge of something.

An amount by which something is won

A decorative strip around the edge of something, such as fabric.

Provide with an edge or border

A strip of ground, as at the edge of a garden or walk, in which ornamental plants or shrubs are planted.

Deposit an amount of money with a broker as security for (an account or transaction)

The line or frontier area separating political divisions or geographic regions; a boundary.

An edge and the area immediately adjacent to it; a border.

To lie along or adjacent to the border of

The blank space bordering the written or printed area on a page.

To put a border on.

A limit in a condition or process, beyond or below which something is no longer possible or acceptable

To lie adjacent to another

An amount allowed beyond what is needed

To be almost like another in character

A measure, quantity, or degree of difference

The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

The minimum return that an enterprise may earn and still pay for itself.

The outer edge of something.

The difference between the cost and the selling price of securities or commodities.

A decorative strip around the edge of something.

The difference between the market value of collateral and the face value of a loan.

A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.

An amount in money, or represented by securities, deposited by a customer with a broker as a provision against loss on transactions made on account.

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.

(Botany) The border of a leaf.

(computing) A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.

To provide with a margin.

(transitive) To put a border on something.

To be a margin to; border.

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

To inscribe or enter in the margin of a page.

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

To add margin to

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

To deposit margin for

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

To buy or hold (securities) by depositing or adding to a margin.

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

(typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.

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

The edge or border of any flat surface.

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

(figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.

A narrow flower bed.

A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.

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

A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.

To approach; to come near to; to verge.

(finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.

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

(finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.

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.

That which is ancillary; periphery.

To confine within bounds; to limit.

(transitive) To add a margin to.

A line that indicates a boundary

(transitive) To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.

The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

To trade (securities etc.) on margin (collateral).

The boundary of a surface

A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.

A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing.

A strip forming the outer edge of something;

The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.

Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle;

Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty.

Form the boundary of; be contiguous to

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. It is usually less than the full value of the security purchased, in which case it may be qualified by the portion of the full value required to be deposited; as, to buy stocks on 50% margin.

Enclose in or as if in a frame;

To furnish with a margin.

Provide with a border or edge;

To enter in the margin of a page.

Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

The amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold

The blank space that surrounds the text on a page

A strip near the boundary of an object;