The difference between Match and Strike
When used as nouns, match means a competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match, whereas strike means a status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
When used as verbs, match means to agree, to be equal, to correspond to, whereas strike means to delete or cross out.
check bellow for the other definitions of Match and Strike
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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:
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"He struck a match and lit his cigarette."
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Strike as a verb (transitive, sometimes with [[out]] or [[through]]):
To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
Examples:
"Please strike the last sentence."
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Strike as a verb (physical):
To have a sharp or sudden effect. To hit. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows. To manufacture, as by stamping. To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds. To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke. To cause to ignite by friction.
Examples:
"'Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose.  nowrap A bullet struck him.  nowrap The ship struck a reef."
"A hammer strikes against the bell of a clock."
"We will strike a medal in your honour."
"The ship struck in the night."
"The clock struck twelve.  The drums strike up a march."
"to strike a light"
"to strike a match"
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Strike as a verb (transitive):
To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
Examples:
"A tree strikes its roots deep."
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Strike as a verb (personal, social):
To have a sharp or severe effect. To punish; to afflict; to smite. To carry out a violent or illegal action. To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way. To impinge upon. To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions. To impress, seem or appear (to). To create an impression. To score a goal. To steal money. To take forcibly or fraudulently. To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion. To affect by a sudden impression or impulse. To borrow money from; to make a demand upon.
Examples:
"The bank robber struck on the 2nd and 5th of May."
"The first thing to strike my eye was a beautiful pagoda.  nowrap Tragedy struck when his brother was killed in a bush fire."
"Golf has always struck me as a waste of time."
"The news struck a sombre chord."
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"to strike money"
"to strike the mind with surprise;  nowrap to strike somebody with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror"
"The proposed plan strikes me favourably.  nowrap May the Lord strike down those sinners!  nowrap I was struck dumb with astonishment."
"He struck a friend for five dollars."
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Strike as a verb:
To touch; to act by appulse.
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Strike as a verb (transitive):
To take down, especially in the following contexts. To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours. To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
Examples:
"The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers!"
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Strike as a verb (intransitive):
To set off on a walk or trip.
Examples:
"They struck off along the river."
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Strike as a verb (intransitive):
To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
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Strike as a verb (dated):
To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
Examples:
"to strike into reputation;  to strike into a run"
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Strike as a verb (intransitive):
To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
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Strike as a verb:
To make and ratify.
Examples:
"to strike a bargain"
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Strike as a verb:
To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
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Strike as a verb (masonry):
To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
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Strike as a verb:
To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
Examples:
"My eye struck a strange word in the text.  nowrap They soon struck the trail."
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Strike as a verb:
To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
Examples:
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Strike as a verb:
To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
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Strike as a verb (obsolete):
To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
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Strike as a verb:
To balance (a ledger or account).
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Strike as a noun (baseball):
A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
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Strike as a noun (bowling):
The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
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Strike as a noun:
A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
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Strike as a noun:
A blow or application of physical force against something.
Examples:
"Thus hand strikes now include single knuckle strikes, knife hand strikes, finger strikes, ridge hand strikes etc., and leg strikes include front kicks, knee strikes, axe kicks, ... attention An Overview of Martial Arts - Page 14 Chris Traish, Leigh Olsson - 1990"
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Strike as a noun (finance):
In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
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Strike as a noun:
An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
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Strike as a noun (cricket):
The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
Examples:
"* ''The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike."
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Strike as a noun:
The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
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Strike as a noun (geology):
The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
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Strike as a noun:
An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
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Strike as a noun (obsolete):
Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
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Strike as a noun:
An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
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Strike as a noun (ironworking):
A puddler's stirrer.
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Strike as a noun (obsolete):
The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
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Strike as a noun:
The discovery of a source of something.
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Strike as a noun:
A strike plate.