Difference between Meet and Match

What is the difference between Meet and Match?

Meet as a noun is a sports competition, especially for athletics or swimming. while Match as a noun is sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.

Meet

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sports competition, especially for athletics or swimming. A gathering of riders, their horses and hounds for the purpose of foxhunting. A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross. (Antonym: a pass.) A meeting. the greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol \and (mnemonic: half an M) An act of French kissing someone

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: suitable; right; proper

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. To come face to face with someone by arrangement. To converge and finally touch or intersect. To satisfy; to comply with. To French kiss someone

Example sentence: I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we're all teachers - if we're willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door.

Match

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.A marriage.Suitability.Equivalence; a state of correspondence.A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.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.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To agree, to be equal.To make a successful match or pairing.To equal or exceed in achievement.

Example sentence: Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers. They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that's part of your responsibility, and you learn that's what makes it exciting. That's what makes it fun!

We hope you now know whether to use Meet or Match in your sentence.

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