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Batched vs Matched - What's the difference?

batched | matched |

As verbs the difference between batched and matched

is that batched is past tense of batch while matched is past tense of match.

batched

English

Verb

(head)
  • (batch)

  • batch

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bache, .

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (batches)
  • A bank; a sandbank.
  • A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (es)
  • The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
  • We made a batch of cookies to take to the party.
  • A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
  • We poured a bucket of water in top, and the ice maker spit out a batch of icecubes at the bottom.
  • A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
  • * A new batch of Lords. --Lady M. W. Montagu.
  • (computing) A set of data to be processed with one execution of a program.
  • The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control.
  • (UK, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
  • (Philippines) A graduating class.
  • She was the valedictorian of Batch '73.
    Synonyms
    * (quantity of baked goods) recipe * (anything produced in one operation) pressing, run, lot * (group of things of the same kind) group, lot

    Verb

  • To aggregate things together into a batch.
  • The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement.
  • (computing) To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.
  • The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.
  • ''The plant had two batch assembly lines for packaging, as well as a continuous feed production line.
    Antonyms
    * continuous
    Derived terms
    * batch mode * batch process

    References

    * * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

    Etymology 3

    from an abbreviation of the pronunciation of

    Verb

    (es)
  • (informal) To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.
  • I am batching next week when my wife visits her sister.
    Usage notes
    * Often with (it): "I usually batch it three nights a week when she calls on her out-of-town accounts." ----

    matched

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (match)

  • match

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) macche, from (etyl)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (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.
  • Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
  • * Drayton
  • many a warlike match
  • * Dryden
  • A solemn match was made; he lost the prize.
  • Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
  • He knew he had met his match .
  • * Addison
  • Government makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow subjects.
  • A marriage.
  • A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
  • * Clarendon
  • She was looked upon as the richest match of the West.
  • Suitability.
  • Equivalence; a state of correspondence. (rfex)
  • Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
  • * Shakespeare
  • It were no match , your nail against his horn.
  • A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
  • The carpet and curtains are a match .
  • An agreement or compact.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Thy hand upon that match .
  • * Boyle
  • Love doth seldom suffer itself to be confined by other matches than those of its own making.
  • (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.
  • Derived terms
    * cage match * first class match * friendly match * grudge match * * love match * Man of the Match/man of the match * match fixing * match made in heaven * match made in hell * matchless * matchmaker * match play/matchplay * matchplayer * match point * match referee * * one-day match * overmatch * post-match * rubber match * shouting match * slanging match * steel cage match * Test match * tour match * whole shitting match * whole shooting match

    Verb

    (es)
  • (lb) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
  • :
  • :
  • (lb) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
  • :
  • *
  • *:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
  • , chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}
  • (lb) To make a successful match or pairing.
  • :
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=71, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= End of the peer show , passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.}}
  • (lb) To equal or exceed in achievement.
  • :
  • (lb) To unite in marriage, to mate.
  • *1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :
  • *:Adam's sons are my brethren; and truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred.
  • *(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
  • *:A senator of Rome survived, / Would not have matched his daughter with a king.
  • To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
  • :
  • Derived terms
    * match drill * matcher * matchup * matchy * * overmatch * unmatch
    See also
    * mate

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (es)
  • 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.
    Synonyms
    * spunk
    Derived terms
    * fireplace match * matchbook, matchbox, matchlock * matchgirl * phosphorus match * quick match * safety match * slow match * strike-anywhere match * sulfur match * sulphur match
    See also
    * fire, lighter, cigarette lighter * strike (to strike a match)