Brink vs. Edge — What's the Difference?

The upper edge of a steep or vertical slope

The outside limit of an object, area, or surface

The margin of land bordering a body of water.

The sharpened side of the blade of a cutting implement or weapon

The point at which something is likely to begin; the verge

A quality or factor which gives superiority over close rivals

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.

Provide with a border or edge

(figurative) The edge or border.

Move or cause to move gradually or furtively in a particular direction

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig.

Give an intense or sharp quality to

A region marking a boundary

Strike (the ball) with the edge of the bat; strike a ball delivered by (the bowler) with the edge of the bat

The edge of a steep place

Ski with one's weight on the edges of one's skis

The limit beyond which something happens or changes;

A thin, sharpened side, as of the blade of a cutting instrument.

The degree of sharpness of a cutting blade.

A penetrating, incisive quality

A slight but noticeable sharpness, harshness, or discomforting quality

Keenness, as of desire or enjoyment; zest

The line or area farthest away from the middle

The line of intersection of two surfaces

A rim or brink

The point at which something is likely to begin

A margin of superiority; an advantage

To give an edge to (a blade); sharpen.

To tilt (a ski or both skis) in such a way that an edge or both edges bite into the snow.

To put a border or edge on

To act as or be an edge of

To advance or push slightly or gradually

To trim or shape the edge of

To surpass or beat by a small margin. Often used with out

To move gradually or hesitantly

The boundary line of a surface.

(geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.

An advantage.

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.

A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.

Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.

The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)

(cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.

(graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.

A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.

The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.

(transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

(intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

(usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.

To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.

(transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.

(transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.

To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

(figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.

To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe.

Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.

Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.

The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.

To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.

To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.

To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.

To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.

To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.

To sail close to the wind.

The boundary of a surface

A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object;

A line determining the limits of an area

The attribute of urgency;

A slight competitive advantage;

A strip near the boundary of an object;

Advance slowly, as if by inches;

Provide with a border or edge;

Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

Provide with an edge;