Match
Match verb - To produce something equal to (as in quality or value).
Usage example: no one has ever been able to match that novel for its portrayal of the horrors of war
Touch is a synonym for match in equal topic. In some cases you can use "Touch" instead a verb "Match", when it comes to topics like same.
Touch
Touch verb - Be equal to in quality or ability.
Usage example: Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues
Match is a synonym for touch in compare with topic. You can use "Match" instead a verb "Touch", if it concerns topics such as same.
How words are described
| good | good match | good touch |
| physical | physical match | physical touch |
| special | special match | special touch |
| perfect | perfect match | perfect touch |
| Other adjectives: single, great, little, final. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It requires him to touch another Super and then change his appearance to match theirs in order to use them.
Source: Literature / Super Powereds -
Valkyrie having a grappling match with Darquesse (while invulnerable!) in the final battle, then putting on the instant-death-on-touch gauntlet after that.
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The crowd EXPLODED (Simon had refused the bar during the pre-match saying "That Chocolate will never touch these lips")
Source: Cheap Heat
Cite this Source
Touch and Match. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/match/touch
Match & Touch. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/match/touch>.
Touch or Match. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/match/touch.
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