What's the difference between matchless and peerless?

Matchless


Definition:

  • (a.) Having no equal; unequaled.
  • (a.) Unlike each other; unequal; unsuited.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I knew Bernardine for more than 25 years, and the purity of her thought and the precision of her phrase-making, whether in conversation or in writing, were matchless.
  • (2) Dobbs writes that "the relentlessly upbeat tone was established by the court historian, Arthur M Schlesinger Jr, who wrote that Kennedy had 'dazzled the world' through a 'combination of toughness and restraint, of will, nerve and wisdom, so brilliantly controlled, so matchlessly calibrated'."
  • (3) The jury is still out on BBC3 and BBC4, as well as on BBC World, while the digitising of the corporation's matchless archive has faltered.
  • (4) Bates was an infinitely versatile actor at home in all media; but what one will remember, especially in modern drama, is his matchless ability to suggest a quicksilver intelligence imbued with mischievous irony.
  • (5) The matchless lineup included Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper , Christopher Walken, Brad Pitt and Gary Oldman.
  • (6) Listening to the voluptuous precision with which he articulated his dream of feasting "on the swelling, unctuous paps of a fat, pregnant sow", it was good to be reminded of the matchless clarity of the Richardson voice which remains one of the great treasures of my theatre-going lifetime.
  • (7) His matchless magnificence, the self-proclaimed “greatness”, was invented early as a cheery prizefighter’s publicity stunt.
  • (8) The documentation of the vascular lymphatic system culminates in the matchless work "Vasorum Lymphaticorum Corporis Humani..." by Paolo Mascagni (1755-1815) which Susini (1773-1814) immortalized in ceroplastic statues.
  • (9) Even at that matchless speed a journey to the nearest star would take thousands of years.
  • (10) In his next tweet Fry said he thought Chahidi – currently playing the Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger as well as the former foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind in Privacy at the Donmar Warehouse – should win the category "for his matchless Maria."
  • (11) Especially the last yields three-dimensional casts which are matchless in elegance and definition of the relationship between lymphatic and blood vessels; 3) three-dimensional models from serial ultrathin sections, which represent a fundamental tool in order to go through the processes of transendothelial transport; 4) in vivo cinematography documents the lymph pulsed flow, the contractile activity of superficial lymphatic collectors and the play of their valves.
  • (12) "A moment for English cricket fans to do what they do with such matchless wit and poise - lose really badly.
  • (13) Surrounded by glass panels and comfortable limestone walls, they are missing the best view of the museum, which is from the far side of the river, a Styx with a matchless prospect and the promise of a return trip.

Peerless


Definition:

  • (a.) Having no peer or equal; matchless; superlative.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Charles Peerless, manager of the West End and City branches of Winkworths estate agency, said: "We've had gazumping on two lower priced properties - around the £360,000 mark - in January.
  • (2) Consider their peerless dead parrot sketch which, in many people's memories, ends when Cleese does his huge rant, and Palin grudgingly offers to replace the bird.
  • (3) Taken together, these myriad aspects add up to create a fabulously singular and peerless holistic experience that stands alone in its creativity and innovation,” organisers said.
  • (4) I remember most vividly, as the prey was seized, how one lazuline wing fell outwards like a flag; the hobby's wings seemed to chop and paddle and there was this momentary drama-less inelegance to it, then the falcon swept the victim back into the peerless symmetry of its going, and all was done.
  • (5) Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian The point of this area of Dorset is its peerless loveliness.
  • (6) Just one problem: she was singing the praises of Donald Trump, that peerless narcissist, deceiver, dodgy deal maker and demagogue.
  • (7) Logistically, it was a triumph, underlining the peerless efficiency and organisational capacity of the political machine he controls, the Justice and Development party (AK), which he founded in 2001 and has governed Turkey since the 2002 election.
  • (8) And Jed, played by the peerless Elizabeth Debicki , as the prize.
  • (9) There's a bit on the pulpy flamboyance of Italy's giallo thrillers, a segment on Argento's peerlessly tasteless memorabilia shop ("Is that a torso?")
  • (10) The company claims the car will boast "peerless riding dynamics", and a suspension that will automatically adjust when passengers move around the car.
  • (11) It's known as the "welfare market", a peerless example of double-speak in which people's welfare is ignored and market forces dominate.
  • (12) Tunic-style tops over trousers are also permissible, if not always all that flattering, as generously demonstrated by the once peerless Anna in the quite gaspingly abysmal This Life + 10 last week.
  • (13) I would like to thank my peerless staff for the creativity and spark they have brought to the paper day after day.
  • (14) There are shows you can't imagine finding a home anywhere else on the BBC network: Jarvis Cocker's intriguing Sunday Service, the Classic Rock Sequence that trawls the BBC archives, and, most notably, Stuart Maconie's peerless Freak Zone, a repository for music that everyone else ignores, and perhaps the most challenging and eclectic "rock" show in Britain.
  • (15) Trump’s quasi-fictional, aggressive and unalloyed nativism and misogyny immediately shoved the rest of the Republican candidates to the left, co-opting the “real” conservative mantle while offering a peerless non-career-politician pedigree.
  • (16) As Newcastle’s all powerful chief scout and de facto director of football the 71-year-old won plenty of plaudits a few years ago when his apparently peerless French contacts facilitated the acquisitions of Yohan Cabaye and Mathieu Debuchy.
  • (17) Throughout the early-80s, they crafted a string of peerlessly gloomy records – dark ink-blots of despair like 1981's Faith and 1982's Pornography – before changing direction and guiding their sound into poppier realms.
  • (18) But he was reassured by the director's reputation and by the presence of a peerless supporting cast.
  • (19) If we tried to replace Jon Stewart with just a younger version of Jon Stewart, it would be probably be a fool’s errand because Jon is sort of peerless,” said Alterman, citing the network’s desire to connect with a younger audience.
  • (20) A peerless networker, he was so plugged into all sides of the political establishment that he played tennis with the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and chose the Labour peer Lord Adonis as godfather to one of his three children.