The difference between Game and Match

When used as nouns, game means a playful activity that may be unstructured, whereas match means a competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.

When used as verbs, game means to gamble, whereas match means to agree, to be equal, to correspond to.

Game is also adjective with the meaning: willing to participate.

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Game as a noun (countable):

A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime. An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal. A particular instance of playing a game; match. That which is gained, such as the stake in a game. The number of points necessary to win a game. In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum. The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title. One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game. An amorous dalliance.

Examples:

"Being a child is all fun and games."

"'Games in the classroom can make learning fun."

"Sally won the game."

"They can turn the game around in the second half."

"In short whist, five points are game."

"Some of the games in the closet we have on the computer as well."

"Study can help your game of chess."

"Hit the gym if you want to toughen up your game."
Game as a noun (countable):

A video game.
Game as a noun (countable, informal, nearly always singular):

A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.

Examples:

"When it comes to making sales, John is the best in the game."

"He's in the securities game somehow."
Game as a noun (countable, figuratively):

Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.

Examples:

"In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often."
Game as a noun (countable, military):

An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
Game as a noun (uncountable):

Wild animals hunted for food.

Examples:

"The forest has plenty of game."
Game as a noun (uncountable, informal, used mostly of males):

The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.

Examples:

"He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game."
Game as a noun (uncountable, slang):

Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
Game as a noun (countable):

A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.

Examples:

"You want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game?"

Game as an adjective (colloquial):

Willing to participate.
Game as an adjective (of an animal):

That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
Game as an adjective:

Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
Game as an adjective:

Injured, lame (of a limb).

Game as a verb (intransitive):

To gamble.
Game as a verb (intransitive):

To play video games.
Game as a verb (transitive):

To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.

Examples:

"We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system."
Game as a verb (transitive, slang, of males):

To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

Match as a noun (sports):

A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.

Examples:

"My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today."
Match as a noun:

Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
Match as a noun:

Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.

Examples:

"He knew he had met his match."
Match as a noun:

A marriage.
Match as a noun:

A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
Match as a noun:

Suitability.
Match as a noun:

Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
Match as a noun:

Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
Match as a noun:

A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.

Examples:

"The carpet and curtains are a match."
Match as a noun:

An agreement or compact.
Match as a noun (metalworking):

A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.

Match as a verb (intransitive):

To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.

Examples:

"Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together."

"These two copies are supposed to be identical, but they don't match."
Match as a verb (transitive):

To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.

Examples:

"His interests didn't match her interests."
Match as a verb (transitive):

To make a successful match or pairing.

Examples:

"They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly."
Match as a verb (transitive):

To equal or exceed in achievement.

Examples:

"She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better."
Match as a verb (obsolete):

To unite in marriage, to mate.
Match as a verb:

To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.

Examples:

"to match boards"

Match as a noun:

A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

Examples:

"synonyms: [[spunk]] q obsolete"

"He struck a match and lit his cigarette."

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