# Why match query and common term query acts different?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-match-query-and-common-term-query-acts-different/155142
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 2, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-match-query-and-common-term-query-acts-different/155142 "2018-11-02T09:56:15Z")
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### Author: ![david30907d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@david30907d](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/david30907d)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-match-query-and-common-term-query-acts-different/155142/1 "2018-11-02T09:56:15Z")

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```auto
GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "match" : {
            "message" : "this is a test",
            "cutoff_frequency" : 0.001,
            "minimum_should_match": 2,
            "operator" : "or"
        }
    }
}

```

```auto
{
  "common": {
    "body": {
      "message": "this is a test",
      "cutoff_frequency": 0.001,
      "low_freq_operator": "or",
      "high_freq_operator": "or",
      "minimum_should_match": {
          "low_freq" : "2"
       }
    }
  }
}

```

these two query doesn't return the same results?  
Do anyone know why?

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-match-query-and-common-term-query-acts-different/155142/2 "2018-11-30T09:56:26Z")

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