The difference between Adopt and Borrow
When used as verbs, adopt means to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child, whereas borrow means to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
Borrow is also noun with the meaning: deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line.
check bellow for the other definitions of Adopt and Borrow
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Adopt as a verb (transitive):
To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild. To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
Examples:
"A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing."
"We're going to adopt a Dalmatian."
"This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays."
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Adopt as a verb (transitive):
To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
Examples:
"He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates."
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Adopt as a verb (transitive):
To select and take or approve.
Examples:
"to adopt the view or policy of another"
"These resolutions were adopted."
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Borrow as a verb:
To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
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Borrow as a verb:
To take money from a bank under the agreement that the bank will be paid over the course of time.
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Borrow as a verb:
To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
Examples:
"to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another"
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Borrow as a verb (linguistics):
To adopt a word from another language.
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Borrow as a verb (arithmetic):
In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
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Borrow as a verb (Upper Midwestern United States, Malaysia, proscribed):
To lend.
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Borrow as a verb (double, _, transitive):
To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
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Borrow as a verb:
To feign or counterfeit.
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Borrow as a noun (golf):
Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
Examples:
"This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it."
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Borrow as a noun (construction, civil engineering):
A borrow pit.
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Borrow as a noun (archaic):
A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
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Borrow as a noun (archaic):
A surety; someone standing bail.