一、词义不同
1、edge： 边缘；优势；刀刃；锋利。
例句：I might lose my edge with him.
我可能就会失去对他的优势。
2、verge：边缘；绿地；极限；山墙突瓦；权杖（作为职位标志）
例句：They ceased to be reliable guides. Their teaching verged on the absurd and dishonest.
他们不再是可靠的领袖，他们的教导接近荒谬和欺诈。
二、语境不同
1、edge：中性词。表优势
例句：If you are, you have an edge.
但是如果你这样做了，你就有了优势。
2、verge：多用于贬义。
例句：In his diplomatic endeavors, he at times verged on the unscrupulous, as was all too often thecase with professional diplomats of his day.
在他的外交努力中，他时常处于肆无忌惮的情况，这同当时的职业外交官的情况是一样的。
三、词性不同
1、edge：表动词， 使锐利；将…开刃；给…加上边。
例句：He argues that these bankers have to be generalists " with an edge ".
他认为，这些银行家必须是“具有优势”的多面手。
2、verge：表动词，濒临，接近；趋向；处在边缘。
例句：It was vintage stuff, although even for Mourinho, who has turned the persecution complex intoperformance art, and even for football, which thrives on paranoia, it verged on the excessive.
这是吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸，尽管即使对将受害情绪变成表演艺术的穆里尼奥和喜欢偏执狂的足球，这都近乎过分了。