Corner vs. Edge: Know the Difference
By Shumaila Saeed || Updated on December 25, 2023
A corner is the point where two or more edges meet, whereas an edge is a straight or curved line where two surfaces intersect.
Key Differences
A corner is typically a point or an angular part where two or more surfaces meet, often creating a sharp or distinct angle. An edge, on the other hand, is a line where two surfaces intersect, usually creating a border or boundary. The concept of a corner implies a meeting of lines or planes at a point, while an edge represents the linear junction of these surfaces.
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In geometry, a corner is referred to as a vertex, the meeting point of two lines, like the corner of a square or triangle. An edge, in contrast, is the straight or curved line along which two faces of a solid meet, like the side of a cube or a cylinder.
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In everyday language, 'corner' can also signify a remote or secluded area, highlighting its aspect of convergence and enclosure. 'Edge', however, often refers to a sharp or precarious boundary, emphasizing a sense of limit or transition.
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In urban settings, a street corner marks the point where two roads meet, a significant location for navigation. An edge, in urban terms, might refer to the boundary of a city or district, demarcating different urban zones.
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In a metaphorical sense, 'corner' can imply a position where one is trapped or has limited options, while 'edge' can denote a competitive advantage or a state of intensity.
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Comparison Chart
Geometric Definition
Point where two or more lines or surfaces meet.
Line where two surfaces intersect.
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Symbolism
Represents a convergence or meeting point.
Signifies a boundary or limit.
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Usage in Navigation
Refers to the intersection of roads or paths.
Describes the outer boundary of a surface or area.
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Metaphorical Meaning
Often used to depict a trapped or limited state.
Represents a competitive advantage or sharpness.
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Urban Context
Denotes the intersection in streets or areas.
Used to describe the periphery or outskirts.
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Corner and Edge Definitions
Corner
A remote or secluded location.
She found a quiet corner in the library to read.
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Edge
A thin, sharp side of a blade.
The knife lost its edge and couldn't cut smoothly.
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Edge
A point of transition or extreme limit.
The hiker stood on the edge of the cliff.
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Corner
A position of difficulty or pressure.
The debate put him in a tight corner.
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Edge
A competitive advantage.
Her extensive experience gave her an edge in the competition.
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Corner
The position at which two lines, surfaces, or edges meet and form an angle
The four corners of a rectangle.
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Edge
A quality of keenness or intensity.
His voice had an edge to it, indicating his frustration.
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Corner
The area enclosed or bounded by an angle formed in this manner
Sat by myself in the corner.
The corner of one's eye.
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Corner
(Sports) Any of the four angles of a boxing or wrestling ring where the ropes are joined.
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Edge
A penetrating, incisive quality
"His simplicity sets off the satire, and gives it a finer edge" (William Hazlitt).
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Corner
(Baseball) Either side of home plate, toward or away from the batter.
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Edge
A slight but noticeable sharpness, harshness, or discomforting quality
His voice had an edge to it.
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Edge
Keenness, as of desire or enjoyment; zest
The brisk walk gave an edge to my appetite.
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Edge
The line or area farthest away from the middle
Lifted the carpet's edge.
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Corner
A threatening or embarrassing position from which escape is difficult
Got myself into a corner by boasting.
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Corner
A remote, secluded, or secret place
The four corners of the earth.
A beautiful little corner of Paris.
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Corner
A part or piece made to fit on a corner, as in mounting or for protection.
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Corner
A speculative monopoly of a stock or commodity created by purchasing all or most of the available supply in order to raise its price.
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Edge
A margin of superiority; an advantage
A slight edge over the opposition.
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Corner
Exclusive possession; monopoly
"Neither party ... has a corner on all the good ideas" (George B. Merry).
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Corner
To place or drive into a corner
Cornered the thieves and captured them.
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Edge
To tilt (a ski or both skis) in such a way that an edge or both edges bite into the snow.
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Corner
To form a corner in (a stock or commodity)
Cornered the silver market.
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Edge
To advance or push slightly or gradually
The dog edged the ball with its nose.
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Edge
To surpass or beat by a small margin. Often used with out
The runner edged her opponent out at the last moment.
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Corner
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.
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Corner
The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
The chimney corner was full of cobwebs.
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Edge
(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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Corner
The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
Herbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.
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Corner
An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
The liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.
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Edge
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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Corner
(attributive) Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.
Corner store, corner deli, corner newsagent
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Edge
A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
The cup is right on the edge of the table.
He is standing on the edge of a precipice.
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Corner
An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
Shining a light in the dark corners of the mind.
I took a trip out to his corner of town.
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Edge
Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
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Corner
A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
On weekends, Emily liked to find a quiet corner and curl up with a good book.
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Edge
The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
In the edge of evening
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Edge
(cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
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Corner
A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
In the 1970s, private investors tried to get a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
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Edge
A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
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Corner
(baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
The pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.
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Edge
The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.
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Corner
(baseball) First base or third base.
There are runners on the corners with just one out.
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Edge
(transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
He edged the book across the table.
The muggers edged her into an alley and demanded money.
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Edge
(intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
He edged away from her.
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Corner
(boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
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Edge
(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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Corner
A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
Welcome to our English corner.
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Corner
(transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
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Edge
(figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
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Corner
(transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.
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Edge
The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe.
He which hath the sharp sword with two edges.
Slander,Whose edge is sharper than the sword.
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Corner
To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
The buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.
It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
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Edge
Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
Upon the edge of yonder coppice.
In worst extremes, and on the perilous edgeOf battle.
Pursue even to the very edge of destruction.
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Corner
To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
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Edge
Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
The full edge of our indignation.
Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices.
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Corner
To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.
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Edge
The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
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Edge
To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
To edge her champion's sword.
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Corner
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
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Corner
The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.
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Edge
To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
Hills whose tops were edged with groves.
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Corner
An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part.
From the four corners of the earth they come.
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Edge
To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged.
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Corner
A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
This thing was not done in a corner.
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Edge
To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
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Corner
The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock.
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Corner
A free kick from close to the nearest corner flag post, allowed to the opposite side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line.
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Edge
A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object;
He rounded the edges of the box
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Corner
To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
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Corner
To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.
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Corner
A place off to the side of an area;
He tripled to the rightfield corner
He glanced out of the corner of his eye
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Corner
The point where two lines meet or intersect;
The corners of a rectangle
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Edge
A strip near the boundary of an object;
He jotted a note on the margin of the page
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Corner
An interior angle formed be two meeting walls;
A piano was in one corner of the room
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Corner
The intersection of two streets;
Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
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Corner
The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect;
The corners of a cube
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Edge
Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;
Canada adjoins the U.S.
England marches with Scotland
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Corner
A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade;
A corner on the silver market
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Edge
The boundary line or area of a surface.
The cup slipped off the edge of the table.
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Corner
A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;
His lying got him into a tight corner
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Corner
A remote area;
In many corners of the world they still practice slavery
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Corner
(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
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Corner
Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
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Corner
A point where two intersecting lines meet.
The picture frame had ornate designs at each corner.
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Corner
The intersection of two streets.
Meet me at the corner of 5th Avenue and 42nd Street.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries
Can 'corner' be used in a non-geometric sense?
Yes, it can refer to a secluded or specific area.
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What geometrically defines a corner?
A point where two or more lines or planes meet.
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How does an edge differ in geometry?
It's a line where two surfaces intersect.
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What urban concept is associated with 'edge'?
It's used to describe the boundary of an area or district.
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Can 'corner' indicate a position in sports?
Yes, like a corner kick in soccer.
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How does 'edge' relate to visual arts?
It can describe the outline or silhouette of a form.
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Can 'corner' imply limitation or pressure?
Yes, as in being cornered in a situation.
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How does 'corner' function in furniture design?
It refers to the angular parts of furniture.
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What does 'edge' imply beyond its literal meaning?
It can denote a competitive advantage or intensity.
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How is a corner significant in urban planning?
It often refers to the intersection of streets or paths.
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Can 'corner' symbolize opportunity?
Yes, as in finding a niche corner in the market.
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Does 'edge' have a technological connotation?
Yes, like the leading edge in technology.
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How is 'edge' used in nature descriptions?
It can describe the margin of a natural area, like a forest edge.
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Is 'corner' used in gaming terminology?
Yes, it can refer to strategic points in games.
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Can 'edge' imply a sense of risk?
Yes, as in living on the edge or taking risks.
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How is 'corner' used in transportation?
Referring to turning points on a route.
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Is 'edge' relevant in fashion?
Yes, it can describe a style that is cutting-edge.
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Can 'edge' describe a personality trait?
Yes, it can imply sharpness or directness in character.
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