borderline between

Frequency: 6.03.2 per million words

Indicates the dividing line that separates two concepts or categories.

borderlineNOUN + PREPOSITION

Categories:

between

Examples (10)

  • The music exists on the borderline between sacred and secular.
  • She's on the borderline between a first- and second-class honours degree.
  • We are exploring the borderline between myth and philosophy.
  • The artist's work often blurs the borderline between reality and fantasy.
  • There's a fine borderline between genius and madness.
  • The discussion touched on the delicate borderline between free speech and hate speech.
  • Scientists are debating the ethical borderline between genetic enhancement and therapy.
  • He was living on the borderline between hope and despair.
  • Her behavior often crossed the borderline between playful teasing and outright bullying.
  • This novel examines the murky borderline between love and obsession.