match up vs pair up

match up

verb
  • To put together, or in a pair. 

  • To be similar or the same. 

  • To matchmake; to set up a romantic meeting between two people. 

pair up

verb
  • To put into pairs; to put into a group of two. 

  • To get into pairs; to join together to make a group of two. 

How often have the words match up and pair up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )