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Sorting vs Matching - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between sorting and matching

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

As nouns the difference between sorting and matching

is that sorting is (ordering)Ordering 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.

sorting

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (wikipedia sorting) (en noun)
  • (senseid)Ordering.
  • (senseid)Categorizing.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}

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    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.