Difference and Match

Opposite meaning words

Difference noun - The quality or state of being different.

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Match is an antonym for difference.

Match noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.

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Difference is an antonym for match in topics: counterpart, couple, competition.

Nearby Words: matched, matching, matcher

physical	physical difference	physical match
exact	exact difference	exact match
true	true difference	true match
single	single difference	single match
Other adjectives: actual, real, big, great, little, main, important, ultimate, major, genetic.

The only important difference is that the Survivor's Spear isn't the weapon that killed him, but rather an artifact He made later to match His own religious iconography.

Source: Literature / Bands Of Mourning
This isn't so much that they can't tell the difference, but that they often work with incomplete engraving sets and use the closest match they can find.

Source: The Backwards R
If the two values match, the subject is merely deafened, whereas if the difference is ten or more, the subject is deafened, blinded, paralyzed, and killed instantly.

Source: Words Can Break My Bones

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