Match vs. Connect — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Match and Connect
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Definitions
Match➦
A match is a tool for starting a fire. Typically, matches are made of small wooden sticks or stiff paper.
Connect➦
Bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established
The electrodes were connected to a recording device
Match➦
One that is exactly like another or a counterpart to another
Is there a match for this glove in the drawer?.
Connect➦
Associate or relate (something) in some respect
Jobs connected with the environment
Employees are rewarded with bonuses connected to their firm's performance
Match➦
One that is like another in one or more specified qualities
He is John's match for bravery.
Connect➦
(of a blow) hit the intended target
The blow connected and he felt a burst of pain
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Match➦
One that is able to compete equally with another
The boxer had met his match.
Connect➦
To join or fasten together
A bridge that connects the island with the mainland.
Match➦
One that closely resembles or harmonizes with another
The napkins were a nice match for the tablecloth.
Connect➦
To associate or consider as related
No reason to connect the two events.
Match➦
A pair, each one of which resembles or harmonizes with the other
The colors were a close match.
Connect➦
To join to or by means of a communications circuit
Please connect me to the number in San Diego. Her computer is connected to the internet.
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Match➦
A game or contest in which two or more persons, animals, or teams oppose and compete with each other
A soccer match.
Connect➦
To plug in (an electrical cord or device) to an outlet.
Match➦
A tennis contest won by the player or side that wins a specified number of sets, usually two out of three or three out of five.
Connect➦
To become joined or united
Two streams connecting to form a river.
Match➦
A marriage or an arrangement of marriage
A royal match.
Connect➦
To be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as between airplanes or buses.
Match➦
A person viewed as a prospective marriage partner.
Connect➦
To establish a rapport or relationship; relate
The candidate failed to connect with the voters.
Match➦
A narrow piece of material, usually wood or cardboard, coated on one end with a compound that ignites when scratched against a rough or chemically treated surface.
Connect➦
(Sports) To hit or play a ball or puck successfully
The winger connected for two goals.
Match➦
An easily ignited cord or wick, formerly used to detonate powder charges or to fire cannons and muzzle-loading firearms.
Connect➦
To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
I think this piece connects to that piece over there.
Match➦
To be like (another) or be a counterpart to
Does this sock match that one?.
Connect➦
To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
Both roads have the same name, but they don't connect: they're on opposite sides of the river, and there's no bridge there.
Match➦
To resemble or harmonize with
The coat matches the dress.
Connect➦
To arrive at an intended target; to land.
When that roundhouse kick connected with his temple it sent him flying across the room.
Match➦
To adapt or suit so that a balanced or harmonious result is achieved; cause to correspond
You should match your deeds to your beliefs.
Connect➦
To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
The new railroad will connect the northern part of the state to the southern part.
Match➦
To find or produce a counterpart to
It's difficult to match the color of old paint.
Connect➦
To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
I connected the printer to the computer, but I couldn't get it work.
Match➦
To pair (someone) with another in a romantic relationship or marriage
She was hoping to match her cousin with her neighbor.
Connect➦
To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
When the technician connects my house, I'll be able to access the internet.
Match➦
To place in opposition or competition; pit
She matched her skill against all comers.
Connect➦
To associate; to establish a relation between.
I didn't connect my lost jewelry with the news of an area cat burglar until the police contacted me.
Match➦
To provide with an adversary or competitor
The tournament matches the best offensive team with the best defensive team.
Connect➦
To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.
I'm flying to London where I connect with a flight heading to Hungary.
Match➦
To do as well as or better than in competition; equal
She easily matches me in bicycle racing.
Connect➦
(slang) A drug dealer.
Match➦
To set in comparison; compare
Beauty that could never be matched.
Connect➦
To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.
He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all.
A man must see the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism.
Match➦
To provide funds so as to equal or complement
The government will match all private donations to the museum.
Connect➦
To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.
Match➦
To flip or toss (coins) and compare the sides that land face up.
Connect➦
To establish a communication link; - used with with; as, his telephone didn't answer, so I connected with him by email.
Match➦
To couple (electric circuits) by means of a transformer.
Connect➦
To electronically or mechanically link (a device) to another device, or to link a device to a common communication line; - used with with; as, the installer connected our telephones on Monday; I connected my VCR to the TV set by myself; the plumber connected a shut-off valve to my gas line.
Match➦
To be exactly like another; correspond exactly
Do the two socks match?.
Connect➦
To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connects with another.
Match➦
To harmonize with another
My shirt and my tie match.
Connect➦
Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces;
Can you connect the two loudspeakers?
Tie the ropes together
Link arms
Match➦
(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.
Connect➦
Make a logical or causal connection;
I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
Colligate these facts
I cannot relate these events at all
Match➦
Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
Connect➦
Be or become joined or united or linked;
The two streets connect to become a highway
Our paths joined
The travelers linked up again at the airport
Match➦
Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
He knew he had met his match.
Connect➦
Join by means of communication equipment;
The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area
Match➦
A marriage.
Connect➦
Land on or hit solidly;
The brick connected on her head, knocking her out
Match➦
A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
Connect➦
Join for the purpose of communication;
Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?
Match➦
Suitability.
Connect➦
Be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation;
The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train
The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours
Match➦
Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
Connect➦
Establish a rapport or relationship;
The President of this university really connects with the faculty
Match➦
Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
Connect➦
Establish communication with someone;
Did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?
Match➦
A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
The carpet and curtains are a match.
A match made in heaven
Connect➦
Plug into an outlet;
Please plug in the toaster!
Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight
Match➦
An agreement or compact.
Connect➦
Hit or play a ball successfully;
The batter connected for a home run
Match➦
(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.
Match➦
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.
Match➦
(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.
Match➦
(transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
His interests didn't match her interests.
Match➦
(transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly.
Match➦
(transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better.
Match➦
(obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
Match➦
To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
To match boards
Match➦
(programming) To be an example of a rule or regex.
The behavior matched one or more rules and was rejected by an edit filter.
Match➦
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.
Match➦
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.
Match➦
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.
Match➦
A matrimonial union; a marriage.
Match➦
An agreement, compact, etc.
Love doth seldom suffer itself to be confined by other matches than those of its own making.
Match➦
A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
Match➦
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.
Match➦
Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.
Match➦
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.
Match➦
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.
Match➦
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.
Match➦
To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
Eternal mightTo match with their inventions they presumedSo easy, and of his thunder made a scorn.
Match➦
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.
Match➦
To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another).
Let poets match their subject to their strength.
Match➦
To marry; to give in marriage.
A senator of Rome survived,Would not have matched his daughter with a king.
Match➦
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.
Match➦
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.
Match➦
To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.
Match➦
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
Match➦
A formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete
Match➦
A burning piece of wood or cardboard;
If you drop a match in there the whole place will explode
Match➦
An exact duplicate;
When a match is found an entry is made in the notebook
Match➦
The score needed to win a match
Match➦
A person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
Match➦
A person who is of equal standing with another in a group
Match➦
A pair of people who live together;
A married couple from Chicago
Match➦
Something that resembles or harmonizes with;
That tie makes a good match with your jacket
Match➦
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
Match➦
Provide funds complementary to;
The company matched the employees' contributions
Match➦
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
Match➦
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
Match➦
Make correspond or harmonize;
Match my sweater
Match➦
Satisfy or fulfill;
Meet a need
This job doesn't match my dreams
Match➦
Give or join in marriage
Match➦
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
Match➦
Be equal or harmonize;
The two pieces match
Match➦
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
