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Matching vs Patching - What's the difference?

matching | patching |

As verbs the difference between matching and patching

is that matching is while patching is .

As nouns the difference between matching and patching

is that matching is (graph theory) a set of independent edges in a given graph, ie a set of edges which do not intersect: so-called because pairs of vertices are "matched" to each other one-to-one while patching is the act of one who patches.

As an adjective matching

is the same as another; sharing the same design.

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

    patching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who patches.
  • * 1766 , Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield
    • all this is not neatness, but frippery. These rufflings, and pinkings, and patchings , will only make us hated by all the wives of our neighbours.

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