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border between vs border of

Both 'border between' and 'border of' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Border between' is used when referring to the separation between two entities or areas, while 'border of' is used when describing the edge or boundary of a single entity or area.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 664 views

border between

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'border between' when referring to the separation between two entities or areas, indicating the line that divides them.

Examples:

The border between the two countries is heavily guarded.
There is a border between the kitchen and the living room.
The river forms a natural border between the two states.

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It's on the border between Belgium and Germany.
The Baltas report also mentions the problems concerning the border between Croatia and Slovenia.
on violent incidents on the border between FRY/Kosovo and FYROM
That window was the border between the toilet-bowl and heaven.
Mr President, I would like to draw your attention to the deteriorating situation on the border between Iraq and Turkey.
Human rights organisations have denounced the tragic situation that has arisen along the border between Sudan and Eritrea.
The coal resources straddle the border between my country and his.
This is the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Death and destruction at some cabin... on the border between new Hampshire and Vermont.
This is the old border between Norway and the Soviet Union.
The eastern boundary consists of the border between France and Italy.
There is a border between the United States and Mexico.
The river that runs through town is the border between their turfs.
Sixteen people died on the border between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.
The situation is especially bad close to the border between Mexico and the United States of America.
Lorry queues on the border between the EU and Russia were discussed.
They're the border between our district and Woolloomooloo.
We have received a report from a concerned constituent regarding the border between Hungary and Romania.
The 1200 km long border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan has already been addressed here.
She was found dead just beyond the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia after being kidnapped in Grozny.

Alternatives:

boundary between
division between
line between
demarcation between
frontier between

border of

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'border of' when describing the edge or boundary of a single entity or area, indicating the outer limit or perimeter.

Examples:

The garden is surrounded by a fence at the border of the property.
The border of the painting is decorated with intricate patterns.
The border of the city is marked by a river.

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The reason lies up the Colorado River near the border of Arizona and Utah.
I'm here at the Armstrong Houses on the border of Gannon and Dempsy.
She'd almost reached the border of Shimosa Province.
It's right on the border of China.
It has, regrettably, truncated communities, but it does not constitute the final border of a future Palestinian state.
Right on the border of lawless Mexican hell.
This is the river to Hell, the border of life and death.
This area happens to be on the border of Peru and Brazil, totally unexplored, almost totally unknown scientifically.
It's a 27-kilometer tunnel on the border of France and Switzerland buried 100 meters underground.
After attribution of arms of German military forces were discovered in Pakistan and used in attack against coalition forces on the border of Afghanistan this past months.
Being on the border of my country, it has long been a matter of preoccupation in Romania for obvious environmental reasons.
Subject: Truck jams on the border of Finland and Russia
This is the only Klingon colony on the border of Federation space.
Aighenberg was a special camp near the border of the Roman.
We can scramble hovercraft from the border of 11.
I've got mining interests up around the northern border of Kenya.
Katsumoto's attacked a railroad at the border of his province.
That's the Western border of Vietnam.
Caroline and I combed the border of Mystic Falls 3 times already.
On Sunday, 14 March, armoured personnel carriers and heavily armed troops appeared at the administrative border of Adjara.

Alternatives:

boundary of
edge of
perimeter of
limit of
margin of

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