Difference between "Show All Music" and Itunes Match

iOS 7.0.2
I can't tell the difference. Nothing seems to change if I have only "Show All Music" selected as opposed to selecting iTunes Match. All I want to do is have access to songs not downloaded to my phone in iCloud.

I've since had confirmed from iTunes Store Support that-
"The answer to you question is, Yes. The music that you did not purchase form the iTunes Store will automatically be available to your devices as long as it matches with the songs available from the store. For you to understand better, I provided some articles that will confirm my answer.
If you want the benefits of iTunes in the Cloud for music you haven’t purchased from iTunes, iTunes Match is the perfect solution. It’s built right into the iTunes app on your Mac or PC and the Music app on your iOS devices. And it lets you store your entire collection, including music you’ve imported from CDs or purchased somewhere other than iTunes. For just $24.99 a year."
On the strength of that I am willing to give iTunes Match a try, I guess.

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In researching the issue you are experiencing I found an article that should help get your iTunes Match content to your iPhone. The name of the article is iTunes: How to add a computer or iOS device to iTunes Match and you can find it here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4913.
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To add an iOS device to iTunes Match
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Note:
iTunes Match requires iOS 5.0.1 or later; you can find the
latest iOS software here'
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thanks for this, this helped me out as I just had the same issue but on my iPad lol.
Forgot about that setting even though I knew about it, just goes to show, out of sight, out of mind.
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