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“Boarder” or “Border”

boarder / border are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

boarder b·AO·r·d·er

  • nounsomeone who forces their way aboard ship.
  • nouna pupil who lives at school during term time.

border b·AO·r·d·er

  • nouna strip forming the outer edge of something.
  • verbprovide with a border or edge.
  • verblie adjacent to another or share a boundary.
Usage

Examples in context

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“boarder”

  • The boarder reflects unity and the eleven…
  • …a bootlegger on the Canadian boarder, and Sgt.
  • …the novelist Prentiss realizes her boarder, and the murderer, was Gallico…

“border”

  • …stations west of the Ontario-Manitoba border dropped the program during the…
  • …the Eider River was the border between Denmark and the Saxon
  • …of Rama for stopping Vietnamese border incursions on the Thai-Cambodian border…
  • …the folklore of the Anglo-Scottish border the Brown Man of the…
  • Central Allocation Office, cross border electricity transmission capacity auction office
  • …based along the two countries' border, a racket which 'directly benefited'...…
  • …restore the pre-World War I border and re-annex to Germany the…
  • …States) / Matamoros, Tamaulipas (Mexico) border area.
  • …(Danish: Rendsborg) located on the border between Schleswig and Holstein: Eidora…
  • …moved to Cheam on the border between London and Surrey where…

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