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Latching vs Matching - What's the difference?

latching | matching |

As verbs the difference between latching and matching

is that latching is present participle of lang=en while matching is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between latching and matching

is that latching is of something that latches while matching is the same as another; sharing the same design.

As nouns the difference between latching and matching

is that latching is a loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail 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.

latching

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (head)
  • Of something that es.
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  • , author=(Henry Petroski) , title=Opening Doors , volume=100, issue=2, page=112-3 , magazine= citation , passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.
  • 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.