Match
Match verb - To be the exact counterpart of.
Peg
Peg verb - To arrange or assign according to type.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| single | single match | single peg |
| round | round match | round peg |
| entire | entire match | entire peg |
| next | next match | next peg |
| Other adjectives: last, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Castenado from Garth Ennis' Just a Pilgrim has two hooks, to match his two peg legs and the two missing eyes covered by eyepatches and cement him as the ultimate pirate.
Source: Hook Hand - Art Evolution: During Gottfredsson's long tenure on the newspaper comic, the characters' designs evolved to match their changing looks in the cartoons, like everyone going from Pie-Eyed to having irises, Mickey getting more clothes, and Peg-leg Pete getting a natural-looking prosthetic.
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Peg and Match. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/match/peg
Match & Peg. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/match/peg>.
Peg or Match. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/match/peg.
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