The difference between Agree and Match

When used as verbs, agree means to harmonize in opinion, statement, or action, whereas match means to agree, to be equal, to correspond to.

Match is also noun with the meaning: a competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.

check bellow for the other definitions of Agree and Match

  1. Agree as a verb (intransitive):

    To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur.

    Examples:

    "all parties agree in the expediency of the law."

  2. Agree as a verb (intransitive):

    To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.

    Examples:

    "to agree to an offer, or to opinion."

  3. Agree as a verb (transitive, UK, Irish):

    To yield assent to; to approve.

  4. Agree as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

  5. Agree as a verb (intransitive):

    To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.

    Examples:

    "the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly."

  6. Agree as a verb (intransitive, now always with ''with''):

    To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.

    Examples:

    "the same food does not agree with every constitution."

  7. Agree as a verb (intransitive, grammar):

    To correspond to in gender, number, case, or person.

    Examples:

    "In Romanian, the articles, adjectives, pronouns agree in gender, number and case with the noun they refer to."

  8. Agree as a verb (intransitive, legal):

    To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

  1. Match as a noun (sports):

    A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.

    Examples:

    "My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today."

  2. Match as a noun:

    Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.

  3. Match as a noun:

    Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.

    Examples:

    "He knew he had met his match."

  4. Match as a noun:

    A marriage.

  5. Match as a noun:

    A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.

  6. Match as a noun:

    Suitability.

  7. Match as a noun:

    Equivalence; a state of correspondence.

  8. Match as a noun:

    Equality of conditions in contest or competition.

  9. Match as a noun:

    A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.

    Examples:

    "The carpet and curtains are a match."

  10. Match as a noun:

    An agreement or compact.

  11. Match as a noun (metalworking):

    A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.

  1. Match as a verb (intransitive):

    To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.

    Examples:

    "Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together."

    "These two copies are supposed to be identical, but they don't match."

  2. Match as a verb (transitive):

    To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.

    Examples:

    "His interests didn't match her interests."

  3. Match as a verb (transitive):

    To make a successful match or pairing.

    Examples:

    "They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly."

  4. Match as a verb (transitive):

    To equal or exceed in achievement.

    Examples:

    "She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better."

  5. Match as a verb (obsolete):

    To unite in marriage, to mate.

  6. Match as a verb:

    To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.

    Examples:

    "to match boards"

  1. Match as a noun:

    A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: [[spunk]] q obsolete"

    "He struck a match and lit his cigarette."

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