The difference between Borrow and Give back
When used as verbs, borrow means to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it, whereas give back means to return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.).
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 Borrow and Give back
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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.
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Give back as a verb (transitive):
To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.).
Examples:
"Give me back my book!"
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Give back as a verb (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic):
To contribute money, goods or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success.
Examples:
"We organize this Thanksgiving dinner at the old-age home to give back to the community."
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Give back as a verb (archaic):
To recede; to retreat.