border vs middle

border

noun
  • The outer edge of something. 

  • A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string. 

  • A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown. 

  • border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup. 

  • The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions. 

  • A decorative strip around the edge of something. 

verb
  • To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon). 

  • To put a border on something. 

  • To form a border around; to bound. 

  • To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with). 

  • To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of. 

middle

noun
  • The part between the beginning and the end. 

  • A centre, midpoint. 

  • The middle stump. 

  • The central part of a human body; the waist. 

  • The middle voice. 

adj
  • Pertaining to the middle voice. 

  • Located in the middle; in between. 

  • Central. 

How often have the words border and middle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )