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Matching vs Suitable - What's the difference?

matching | suitable |

As adjectives the difference between matching and suitable

is that matching is the same as another; sharing the same design while suitable is having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

As a verb matching

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun 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.

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

    suitable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

    • Synonyms

    * fit for purpose (British) * up to standard (British)

    Antonyms

    * unsuitable

    Derived terms

    * suitability

    See also

    * fit * meet * appropriate * apt * pertinent * seemly * eligible * consonant * corresponding * congruous

    External links

    * * 1000 English basic words