Sidewalk vs. Verge — What's the Difference?

A sidewalk (North American English), pavement (British English), footpath (Oceanian English), or footway, is a path along the side of a road. Usually constructed of concrete or asphalt, it is designed for pedestrians.

An edge or margin; a border.

A paved walkway along the side of a street.

(Architecture) The edge of the tiling that projects over a roof gable.

(US) (usually) a paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians

Chiefly British A grassy border, as along a road.

Any paved footpath, even if not located at the side of a road

The point beyond which an action, state, or condition is likely to begin or occur; the brink

A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement.

A rod, wand, or staff carried as an emblem of authority or office.

Walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway

The spindle of a balance wheel in a clock or watch, especially such a spindle in a clock with vertical escapement.

The male organ of copulation in certain mollusks.

To approach the nature or condition of something specified; come close. Used with on

To be on the edge or border

To slope or incline.

To tend to move in a particular direction

To pass or merge gradually

A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.

The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.

An edge or border. does this sense belong with Etymology 2?

The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.

(figuratively) An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.

(obsolete) The phallus.

(zoology) The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc.

An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.

A circumference; a circle; a ring.

(architecture) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.

(architecture) The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.

(horology) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.

(intransitive) To be or come very close; to border; to approach.

To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope.

A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.

The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.

The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; - so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore.

A virgate; a yardland.

A border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent.

A circumference; a circle; a ring.

The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.

The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement.

The edge or outside of a bed or border.

The penis.

The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.

To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach.

To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north.

A region marking a boundary

The limit beyond which something happens or changes;

A ceremonial or emblematic staff

A grass border along a road

Border on; come close to;