Combination vs Matching - What's the difference?
combination | matching |
The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
An object formed by combining.
A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
(mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
(billiards) A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
motorcycle and sidecar
The same as another; sharing the same design.
(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.
As nouns the difference between combination and matching
is that combination is the act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining while matching is 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.As an adjective matching is
the same as another; sharing the same design.As a verb matching is
present participle of lang=en.combination
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* recombinationSynonyms
*(act of combining) fusion, mergerAntonyms
* (act of combining) division, separation * (mathematics) permutationSee also
* permutationExternal links
* (wikipedia "combination") * (pedialite)matching
English
Adjective
- ''A matching set of furniture