different between boundary vs confines

English

Etymology

bound +? -ary, Old French, from Latin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ba?nd?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ba?nd??i/
• Rhymes: -a?nd?i

Noun

boundary (plural boundaries)

1. The dividing line or location between two areas.

   • So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

2. (figuratively, often in the plural) The bounds, confines, or limits between immaterial things (such as one’s comfort zone, privacy, or professional sphere and the realm beyond).

3. (cricket) An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.
4. (cricket) An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (four) or 6 (six) runs respectively for the batting team.
5. (topology) (of a set) The set of points in the closure of a set ${\displaystyle S}$, not belonging to the interior of that set.

Derived terms

• Boundary County
• boundary rider
• boundary umpire

Related terms

• bound

Translations

See also

• border
• confine
• frontier
• fladry

Further reading

• boundary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• boundary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Noun

confines pl (plural only)

1. The borders or limits of an area.
2. Elements that restrain someone.
3. The scope or range of a subject.

Translations

Verb

confines

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confine

Catalan

Verb

confines

1. second-person singular present indicative form of confinar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.fin/
• Homophones: confine, confinent

Verb

confines

1. second-person singular present indicative of confiner
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of confiner

Latin

Adjective

c?nf?n?s

1. nominative masculine plural of c?nf?nis
2. nominative feminine plural of c?nf?nis
3. accusative masculine plural of c?nf?nis
4. accusative feminine plural of c?nf?nis
5. vocative masculine plural of c?nf?nis
6. vocative feminine plural of c?nf?nis

References

• confines in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

confines

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of confinar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of confinar

Spanish

Noun

confines

1. plural of confín

Verb

confines

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of confinar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of confinar.