The difference between Borrow and Lend
When used as nouns, borrow means deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line, whereas lend means the lumbar region.
When used as verbs, borrow means to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it, whereas lend means to allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
check bellow for the other definitions of Borrow and Lend
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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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Lend as a noun (anatomy, UK, _, dialectal):
The lumbar region; loin.
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Lend as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, of a person or animal):
The loins; flank; buttocks.
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Lend as a verb (transitive):
To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
Examples:
"I will only lend you my car if you fill up the tank."
"I lent her 10 euros to pay for the train tickets, and she paid me back the next day."
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Lend as a verb (intransitive):
To make a loan.
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Lend as a verb (reflexive):
To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
Examples:
"Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily."
"The long history of the past does not lend itself to a simple black and white interpretation."
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Lend as a verb:
To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
Examples:
"Can you lend me some assistance?"
"The famous director lent his name to the new film."
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Lend as a verb (proscribed):
To borrow.