football vs American football game

American football game vs football

football and American football game both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
football	Yes	No	No	No
American football game	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, American football game is a hyponym of football; that is, American football game is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than football:

football: any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
American football game: a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays

Other hyponyms of football include American football, professional football, rugby, rugby football, rugger, association football, soccer.

football (noun)	American football game (noun)
any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal	a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football

Difference between football and American football game

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