Checkers or Draughts?

What is the difference between the board game called checkers and the board game called draughts? There is no difference. The game is the same only the name is different. Both games are played on a checkerboard.
 
The noun checkers, from the mid-13th century, meant a “game of chess (or checkers)” (Online Etymological Dictionary). By around 1300, the noun checkers referred to a game board with 64 squares for playing chess or similar games. The noun checkers has its origins in Old French eschequier (chessboard) and Latin scaccarium (chess board).
 
The British game of draughts is from around 1400. Draughts is pronounced ‘drafts’; sort of like how laugh is pronounced ‘laff’.
 
One of the many meanings of the word draught or draft is to drag or pull something (e.g., a draft horse, draft beer). The word draught was used to indicate that game pieces were dragged or moved across the game board.
 
The American game of checkers is from 1712, so called for the board on which the game is played.
 
Both draughts and checkers are played on an 8x8 board with 64 squares of alternating colour and with twelve playing pieces per side. The word checkerboard is from 1779.
 
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/