The difference between Edge and Margin
When used as nouns, edge means the boundary line of a surface, whereas margin means the edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
When used as verbs, edge means to move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction, whereas margin means to add a margin to.
check bellow for the other definitions of Edge and Margin
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Edge as a noun:
The boundary line of a surface.
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Edge as a noun (geometry):
A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
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Edge as a noun:
An advantage.
Examples:
"I have the edge on him."
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Edge as a noun (also, _, figuratively):
The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
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Edge as a noun:
A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
Examples:
"The cup is right on the edge of the table."
"He is standing on the edge of a precipice."
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Edge as a noun:
Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
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Edge as a noun:
The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
Examples:
"in the edge of evening"
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Edge as a noun (cricket):
A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
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Edge as a noun (graph theory):
A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
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Edge as a noun:
In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax; see also edging.
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Edge as a verb (transitive):
To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
Examples:
"He edged the book across the table."
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Edge as a verb (intransitive):
To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
Examples:
"He edged away from her."
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Edge as a verb (usually in the form 'just edge'):
To win by a small margin.
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Edge as a verb (cricket, transitive):
To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
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Edge as a verb (transitive):
To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
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Edge as a verb (transitive):
To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
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Edge as a verb:
To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
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Edge as a verb (figurative):
To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
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Edge as a verb (intransitive):
To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
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Margin as a noun (typography):
The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
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Margin as a noun:
The edge or border of any flat surface.
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Margin as a noun (figuratively):
The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from of a set or group.
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Margin as a noun:
A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
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Margin as a noun:
A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
Examples:
"[[margin of error]]"
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Margin as a noun (finance):
The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
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Margin as a noun (finance):
Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principal, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.
Examples:
"rfquotek N. Biddle"
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Margin as a verb (transitive):
To add a margin to.
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Margin as a verb (transitive):
To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.