The difference between Lighter and Match
When used as nouns, lighter means one who, or that which, lights, whereas match means a competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
When used as verbs, lighter means to transfer cargo or fuel from a ship, lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat, whereas match means to agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lighter and Match
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Lighter as an adjective:
Examples:
"I prefer a lighter shade of pink."
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Lighter as a noun:
One who, or that which, lights.
Examples:
"a lighter of lamps"
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Lighter as a noun:
A small, reusable handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes.
Examples:
"Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter."
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Lighter as a noun:
A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
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Lighter as a verb:
To transfer cargo or fuel from a ship, lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.
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Lighter as an adjective:
Examples:
"What happened? You look 10 lbs. lighter!"
"I wish I'd thrown a lighter punch; he's out cold."
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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."