marginal vs on the edge

marginal

adj
  • Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election. 

  • Written in the margin of a book. 

  • Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge). 

  • Sharing a border; geographically adjacent. 

  • Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category. 

  • Barely productive. 

  • Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good. 

noun
  • Something or somebody that is marginal. 

  • A constituency won with a small margin. 

on the edge

prep
  • With figurative or temporal proximity to (an event, state of mind, etc.). 

  • In a state of excitement due to taking risks. 

  • In a precarious position, with one's recourses nearly exhausted. 

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