These words have different origins and meanings.
Born means “having come into being,” like a baby coming into the world:
These days many people leave the places where they were born when they grow up.
Her idea for the book was born during a conversation with a friend.
Borne, in contrast, is the past participle of the verb to bear (“carry”) and means “carried by”:
The CDC has finally agreed: the novel corona virus is air-borne.
The coffin was borne down the street by six pall-bearers.
As indicated by these examples, the word borne is often used in specific ways, such as in combinations like air-borne, sea-borne (vessels), and food-borne (disease)— and especially to describe relatively serious acts of carrying, such as carrying a coffin. It can be used for any act of carrying, but sounds a little serious:
Your package will be borne with care by our professional delivery personnel.
Both of these words can be used as adjectives or past participles:
Adjective:
The recently born babies sleep a lot.
It is difficult to stop air-borne viruses
Past participle:
The baby was born yesterday.
The package was borne swiftly away.
How to Use "Borne" in a Sentence
- A brave new world for actors was borne out of the desire for more experimentation on Broadway.
- Borne out of necessity due to the scarcity of water, some families have begun to rely on boreholes for their drinking water.
- The soldier's hands and face bore the scars of their service.
- She bore the cost of the vacation.
- The trees bore the brunt of the storm.
- She bore her mother's death with dignity.
- He bore the brunt of the criticism.
- The storm was so powerful that the building was borne away in its wake.
How to Use "Born" in a Sentence
- My mother was born in England and my father was born in Canada.
- Because Alexandra was born so early, she has to stay in the hospital for several more weeks before we can bring her home.
- Born into a wealthy family, she was accustomed to getting her way.
- Born in poverty, he's now the richest man in town because he worked hard to make it to
- The baby was born at ten o'clock on January twenty-seventh.
- Stop trying to fool me—I wasn’t born yesterday!
- He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
- Paul was born with a gift for music, but he never got the chance to develop it.