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What is the difference between a match and a source?

Match:  The paper's text that is very similar or the same as some text found in Turnitin's database.

  • Matches are highlighted in Turnitin.

Source - Where a particular match has been found. 

  • Examples of a Source: Website, Student Paper, Published Articles 
  • Sources are listed numerically in the insight panel.
  • It is possible to have multiple matches for each source.
  • Selecting one of the sources will reveal information like how many matches were found for that particular source and where each match was found on that source.

Source: https://help.turnitin.com/feedback-studio/turnitin-website/instructor/the-similarity-report/interpreting-the-similarity-report.htm 

Matches

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Sources

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