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Incompatibility vs Mismatch - What's the difference?

incompatibility | mismatch |

Mismatch is a synonym of incompatibility.



As nouns the difference between incompatibility and mismatch

is that incompatibility is the quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilability while mismatch is something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.

As a verb mismatch is

to match unsuitably; to fail to match.

incompatibility

English

Noun

(incompatibilities)
  • The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilability.

    • Related terms

    * irreconcilability * incombinability

    Antonyms

    * compatibility

    References

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    mismatch

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (es)
  • To match unsuitably; to fail to match

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
  • Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Dominic Fifield , title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=After all the trepidation born of Holland's toils home and away against these opponents in qualification for Euro 2012, and the pockmarked nature of the pitch, this was exposed as a mismatch from the opening exchanges. }}