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Let's say our science group at the university has computed a list of values, like e.g. the masses of all the planets in the solar system. Some other group abroad computed the same list and got exactly the same values.

Do we say that our lists coincide? (which sounds to me like there was some chance or luck involved)

Or do they match?

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[Edit:] If questions of this type are "off-topic", then the whole forum here is for highly academic purposes only, i.e. useless for 99.9 percent of people.

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    Yes, they coincide or even agree; there isn't necessarily any connotation of coincidence when you use the verb coincide. – Dan Bron Jul 08 '16 at 13:44
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    "Coincide", when used in a scientific sense, means whatever that branch of science says it means. – Hot Licks Jul 08 '16 at 17:41
  • If questions of this type are "off-topic", then the whole forum here is for highly academic purposes only, i.e. useless for 99.9 percent of people. – Dan Jan 28 '20 at 08:56

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Yes, the verb coincide works here.

2. to correspond exactly, as in nature, character, etc.: His vocation coincides with his avocation. 3. to agree or concur, as in thought or opinion: Their opinions always coincide.

Synonyms include match, agree and tally.

Coincidence is a noun to describe an event where things coincide, and is often used to connote an element of surprise (but not necessarily).

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