Burrow vs. Borough: What's the Difference?

A hole or tunnel dug in the ground by a small animal, such as a rabbit or mole, for habitation or refuge.

A self-governing incorporated town in some US states, such as New Jersey.

A narrow or snug place.

One of the five administrative units of New York City.

To dig a hole or tunnel for habitation or refuge.

A civil division of the state of Alaska that is the equivalent of a county in most other US states.

To live or hide in such a place.

A town having a municipal corporation and certain rights, such as self-government.

To move or progress by or as if by digging or tunneling:"Suddenly the tn is burrowing through the pinewoods"(William Styron).

A town that sends a representative to Parliament.

To make by or as if by tunneling.

A medieval group of fortified houses that formed a town having special privileges and rights.

To dig a hole or tunnel in or through.

(obsolete) A fortified town.

(Arcc)To hide in or as if in a burrow.

(rare) A town or city.

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.

(mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.

An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.

Obsolete form of barrowA mound.

An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.

Obsolete form of boroughAn incorporated town.

Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.

(intransitive) to dig a tunnel or hole

A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.

(intransitive) (with adverbial of direction) to move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort

An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.

(intransitive) (with into) to investigate thoroughly

In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.

The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.

A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.

An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.

A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.

One of the administrative divisions of a large city

To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.

An English town that forms the constituency of a member of Parliament

To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.

A hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter

Move through by or as by digging;