different between borderline vs pseudo

English

Etymology

border +? line

Adjective

borderline (comparative more borderline, superlative most borderline)

1. nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.

2. Showing bad taste.

3. Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.

Derived terms

• borderline case
• borderline personality disorder
• borderliner

Translations

Adverb

borderline (not comparable)

1. nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent

Translations

Noun

borderline (plural borderlines)

1. A boundary or accepted division; a border.

2. An individual who has borderline personality disorder.
   • 1995, Eugene E. Levitt, Edward Earl Gotts, The Clinical Application of MMPI Special Scales (page 80)

Translations

Verb

borderline (third-person singular simple present borderlines, present participle borderlining, simple past and past participle borderlined)

1. (transitive) To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.

Translations

Spanish

Noun

borderline m or f (plural borderlines)

1. (colloquial) Someone with borderline personality disorder

English

Etymology

From Middle English, derived from prefix pseudo-, itself derived from Ancient Greek ?????? (pseud?s, “false, lying”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s(j)u?d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?su?do?/
• Rhymes: -u?d??

Noun

pseudo (plural pseudos)

1. An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
2. A poseur; one who is fake.
3. (travel industry, informal) pseudo-city code
4. (Internet, clipping) A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity.
5. Clipping of pseudoephedrine.

Alternative forms

• pseud

References

• The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary

Adjective

pseudo (not comparable)

1. Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham.
2. Insincere.

Translations

References

• The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary

Anagrams

• does up, doupes, souped

French

Etymology

Clipping of pseudonyme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /psø.do/

Noun

pseudo m (plural pseudos)

1. A nickname, handle or pseudonym.

Further reading

• “pseudo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).