Correspond vs. Match

Correspondverb

to be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.

Matchnoun

(sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.

‘My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today.’;

Correspondverb

to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.

‘I've been corresponding with my German pen pal for three years.’;

Matchnoun

Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.

Correspondverb

To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; - followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout.

‘None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type.’;

Matchnoun

Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.

‘He knew he had met his match.’;

Correspondverb

To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; - followed by to.

‘Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther.’;

Matchnoun

A marriage.

Correspondverb

To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; - followed by with.

‘After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender.’;

Matchnoun

A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.

Correspondverb

be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics;

‘The two stories don't agree in many details’; ‘The handwriting checks with the signature on the check’; ‘The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun’;

Matchnoun

Suitability.

Correspondverb

be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

Matchnoun

Equivalence; a state of correspondence.

Correspondverb

exchange messages;

‘My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years’;

Matchnoun

Equality of conditions in contest or competition.

Correspondverb

take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to;

‘Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin’;

Matchnoun

A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.

‘The carpet and curtains are a match.’;

Matchnoun

An agreement or compact.

Matchnoun

(metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.

Matchnoun

A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

‘He struck a match and lit his cigarette.’;

Matchverb

(intransitive) To agree; to be equal; to correspond.

‘Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together.’; ‘These two copies are supposed to be identical, but they don't match.’;

Matchverb

(transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.

‘His interests didn't match her interests.’;

Matchverb

(transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.

‘They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly.’;

Matchverb

(transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.

‘She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better.’;

Matchverb

(obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.

Matchverb

To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.

‘to match boards’;

Matchnoun

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood or cardboard dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.

Matchnoun

A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.

‘Government . . . makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow subjects.’;

Matchnoun

A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like

‘A solemn match was made; he lost the prize.’;

Matchnoun

A matrimonial union; a marriage.

Matchnoun

An agreement, compact, etc.

‘Love doth seldom suffer itself to be confined by other matches than those of its own making.’;

Matchnoun

A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.

Matchnoun

Equality of conditions in contest or competition, or one who provides equal competition to another in a contest; as, he had no match as a swordsman within the city.

‘It were no match, your nail against his horn.’;

Matchnoun

Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.

Matchnoun

A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.

Matchverb

To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.

‘No settled senses of the world can matchThe pleasure of that madness.’;

Matchverb

To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.

‘No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his conduct.’;

Matchverb

To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.

‘Eternal mightTo match with their inventions they presumedSo easy, and of his thunder made a scorn.’;

Matchverb

To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth.

Matchverb

To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another).

‘Let poets match their subject to their strength.’;

Matchverb

To marry; to give in marriage.

‘A senator of Rome survived,Would not have matched his daughter with a king.’;

Matchverb

To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards.

Matchverb

To be united in marriage; to mate.

‘I hold it a sin to match in my kindred.’; ‘Let tigers match with hinds, and wolves with sheep.’;

Matchverb

To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.

Matchnoun

lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction;

‘he always carries matches to light his pipe’;

Matchnoun

a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete

Matchnoun

a burning piece of wood or cardboard;

‘if you drop a match in there the whole place will explode’;

Matchnoun

an exact duplicate;

‘when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook’;

Matchnoun

the score needed to win a match

Matchnoun

a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect

Matchnoun

a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

Matchnoun

a pair of people who live together;

‘a married couple from Chicago’;

Matchnoun

something that resembles or harmonizes with;

‘that tie makes a good match with your jacket’;

Matchverb

be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics;

‘The two stories don't agree in many details’; ‘The handwriting checks with the signature on the check’; ‘The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun’;

Matchverb

provide funds complementary to;

‘The company matched the employees' contributions’;

Matchverb

bring two objects, ideas, or people together;

‘This fact is coupled to the other one’; ‘Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?’; ‘The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project’;

Matchverb

be equal to in quality or ability;

‘Nothing can rival cotton for durability’; ‘Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues’; ‘Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents’;

Matchverb

make correspond or harmonize;

‘Match my sweater’;

Matchverb

satisfy or fulfill;

‘meet a need’; ‘this job doesn't match my dreams’;

Matchverb

give or join in marriage

Matchverb

set into opposition or rivalry;

‘let them match their best athletes against ours’; ‘pit a chess player against the Russian champion’; ‘He plays his two children off against each other’;

Matchverb

be equal or harmonize;

‘The two pieces match’;

Matchverb

make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching;

‘let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office’; ‘The company matched the discount policy of its competitors’;

Match

A match is a tool for starting a fire. Typically, matches are made of small wooden sticks or stiff paper.