Matching vs Meeting - What's the difference?
matching | meeting |
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.
(uncountable) The action of the verb to meet .
A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.
The people at such a gathering, as a collective.
An encounter between people, even accidental.
A place or instance of junction or intersection.
A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
*1939 , (John Steinbeck), (The Grapes of Wrath) , p. 20:
*:You use ta give a good meetin' . I recollect one time you give a whole sermon walkin' around on your hands, yellin' your head off.
As verbs the difference between matching and meeting
is that matching is present participle of lang=en while meeting is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between matching and meeting
is that 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 while meeting is the action of the verb to meet.As an adjective matching
is the same as another; sharing the same design.matching
English
Adjective
- ''A matching set of furniture
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)meeting
English
Verb
(head)Noun
- We need to have a meeting about that soon.
- What has the meeting decided.
- They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
- Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.