Match and Separate

Match

Match verb - To be the exact counterpart of.

Separate and match are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Separate" instead a verb "Match".

Nearby Words: matched, matching, matcher

Separate

Separate verb - To set or force apart.

Match and separate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Match" instead a verb "Separate".

Common collocations

image match image separate image
face match face separate face
characters match characters separate characters

Both words in one sentence

  • WWE had Raw as an A show and Smackdown as its B-Show, but Smackdown grew in ratings to the point it eclipsed Raw and became a separate A show with its own B show, Velocity, to match Raw's Heat.
    Source: B Show
  • Wrestling / Nick Dinsmore Game-Breaking Injury: During a cage match, Triple H used him to introduce a top rope knee attack he would use to separate wrestlers' shoulders.
  • Similarly, channels that put each match in a best of X series in separate videos will put in fake videos for the remaining games in a series if it ends before X games have been played.
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Separate and Match. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/match/separate
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