different between matching vs mitching

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæt???/

Verb

matching

1. present participle of match

Adjective

matching (comparative better matching, superlative best matching)

1. The same as another; sharing the same design.

Translations

Noun

matching (plural matchings)

1. The process by which things are matched together or paired up.
2. (graph theory) A set of independent edges in a given graph, i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect, such that pairs of vertices are "matched" to each other one to one.

Translations

Related terms

• matching number
• matching theorem
• maximum matching
• perfect matching

Anagrams

• might can

English

Alternative forms

• miching, micking

Etymology

From mitch +? -ing.

Verb

mitching

1. present participle of mitch

Noun

mitching (uncountable)

1. (Britain dialectal) Pilfering; skulking.
2. (Britain regional) Playing truant.
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 6:

     As soon as she was out of the front gate, my father would say, ‘Come along, son: let's go mitchin'!’ and we'd go out to the shed at the back [...].

3. (Britain dialectal) A pretense of poverty.