The difference between Fire and Match
When used as nouns, fire means a (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering, whereas match means a competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
When used as verbs, fire means to set (something, often a building) on fire, whereas match means to agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
Fire is also adjective with the meaning: amazing.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fire and Match
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Fire as a noun (uncountable):
A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
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Fire as a noun (countable):
An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
Examples:
"We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales."
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Fire as a noun (countable):
The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
Examples:
"There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down."
"During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts."
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Fire as a noun (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy):
The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
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Fire as a noun (countable, British):
A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
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Fire as a noun (countable):
The elements necessary to start a fire.
Examples:
"The fire was laid and needed to be lit."
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Fire as a noun (uncountable):
The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun.
Examples:
"The fire from the enemy guns kept us from attacking."
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Fire as a noun:
Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
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Fire as a noun:
Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
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Fire as a noun:
Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
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Fire as a verb (transitive):
To set (something, often a building) on fire.
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Fire as a verb (transitive):
To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
Examples:
"If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack."
"They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end."
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Fire as a verb (transitive):
To drive away by setting a fire.
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Fire as a verb (transitive):
To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
Examples:
"ant hire"
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Fire as a verb (transitive):
To shoot (a gun or analogous device).
Examples:
"We will fire our guns at the enemy."
"He fired his radar gun at passing cars."
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Fire as a verb (intransitive):
To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
Examples:
"synonyms: open fire shoot"
"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
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Fire as a verb (transitive, sports):
To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
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Fire as a verb (intransitive, physiology):
To cause an action potential in a cell.
Examples:
"When a neuron fires, it transmits information."
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Fire as a verb (transitive):
To forcibly direct (something).
Examples:
"He answered the questions the reporters fired at him."
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Fire as a verb (ambitransitive, computer sciences, software engineering):
To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
Examples:
"The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading."
"The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it."
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Fire as a verb:
To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
Examples:
"to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge"
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Fire as a verb:
To animate; to give life or spirit to.
Examples:
"to fire the genius of a young man"
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Fire as a verb:
To feed or serve the fire of.
Examples:
"to fire a boiler"
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Fire as a verb:
To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
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Fire as a verb (farriery):
To cauterize.
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Fire as a verb (intransitive, dated):
To catch fire; to be kindled.
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Fire as a verb (intransitive, dated):
To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
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Fire as an adjective (slang):
Amazing; excellent.
Examples:
"That shit is fire, yo!"
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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."
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Match as a noun:
Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
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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."
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Match as a noun:
A marriage.
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Match as a noun:
A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
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Match as a noun:
Suitability.
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Match as a noun:
Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
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Match as a noun:
Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
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Match as a noun:
A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
Examples:
"The carpet and curtains are a match."
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Match as a noun:
An agreement or compact.
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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.
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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."
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Match as a verb (transitive):
To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
Examples:
"His interests didn't match her interests."
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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."
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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."
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Match as a verb (obsolete):
To unite in marriage, to mate.
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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"
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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."