The difference between Cigarette lighter and Match

When used as nouns, cigarette lighter means a small, handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes, whereas match means a competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.


Match is also verb with the meaning: to agree, to be equal, to correspond to.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cigarette lighter and Match

  1. Cigarette lighter as a noun:

    A small, handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes.

  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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