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Matching vs Catching - What's the difference?

matching | catching |

As adjectives the difference between matching and catching

is that matching is the same as another; sharing the same design while catching is (informal) contagious.

As verbs the difference between matching and catching

is that matching is while catching is .

As nouns the difference between matching and catching

is that matching is (graph theory) a set of independent edges in a given graph, ie a set of edges which do not intersect: so-called because pairs of vertices are "matched" to each other one-to-one while catching is the action of the verb catch.

matching

English

Adjective

  • The same as another; sharing the same design.
    • ''A matching set of furniture

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (graph theory) A set of independent edges in a given graph, i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect: so-called because pairs of vertices are "matched" to each other one-to-one.

    • Related terms

    * matching number * matching theorem * maximum matching * perfect matching

    catching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb catch.
  • * 1819 , Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary
    • Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) contagious
  • captivating; alluring