The difference between Apt and Meet
When used as nouns, apt means an apartment, whereas meet means a sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).
When used as adjectives, apt means suitable, whereas meet means suitable.
Meet is also verb with the meaning: to come face to face with by accident.
check bellow for the other definitions of Apt and Meet
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Apt as an adjective:
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
Examples:
"Tonight there’s a full moon, which is apt, since the election night will bring out the lunatics."
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Apt as an adjective (of persons or things):
Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
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Apt as an adjective:
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert
Examples:
"a pupil apt to learn"
"an apt scholar"
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Apt as a noun:
An apartment; a flat
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Meet as a verb (Ireland):
To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. To come face to face with someone by arrangement. To get acquainted with someone. To French kiss someone.
Examples:
"Fancy meeting you here!  Guess who I met at the supermarket today?"
"Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.  Shall we meet at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?"
"I'm pleased to meet you!  I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine."
"I met my husband through a mutual friend at a party. It wasn't love at first sight; in fact, we couldn't stand each other at first!"
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Meet as a verb (sports):
To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting. To come together in conflict. To play a match.
Examples:
"I met with them several times.  The government ministers met today to start the negotiations."
"England and Holland will meet in the final."
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Meet as a verb:
To converge and finally touch or intersect. To touch or hit something while moving. To adjoin, be physically touching.
Examples:
"The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away."
"The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent."
"The carpet meets the wall at this side of the room. The forest meets the sea along this part of the coast."
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Meet as a verb:
To satisfy; to comply with.
Examples:
"This proposal meets my requirements.  The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs."
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Meet as a verb:
To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
Examples:
"The eye met a horrid sight.  He met his fate."
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Meet as a noun:
A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).
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Meet as a noun:
A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
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Meet as a noun (rail transport):
A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
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Meet as a noun:
A meeting.
Examples:
"OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him."
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Meet as a noun (algebra):
The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
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Meet as a noun (Irish):
An act of French kissing someone.
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Meet as an adjective (archaic):
Suitable; right; proper.