Border
Border noun - The line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something.
Division
Division noun - Something that divides, separates, or marks off.
Usage example: we poked our heads over the division between the yards to see what the fuss was about
Border is a synonym for division in dividing line topic. Sometimes you can use "Border" instead a noun "Division", if it concerns topics such as something produced from separating.
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Both words in one sentence
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The Navy sets up a special division for these men and women, the "Oathkeepers", who patrol the Republic's northern border against pirates.
Source: Video Game / Endless Sky -
There they agreed that Germany's new eastern border would be the Oder-Neisse Line and that the Polish eastern border would be pretty close to the Curzon Line, which was also very close to the division of Poland in 1939.
- A full division was sitting on the border, with hundreds of tanks and cannon, thousands of soldiers and all the paraphernalia of war, waiting for the starting signal.
Source: Curb Stomp Battle / Jokes
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Division and Border. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/border/division
Border & Division. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/border/division>.
Division or Border. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/border/division.
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