British American ENGLISH

British - American English Here you find words which have different meanings or are spelled differently in British and American English. This list is not complete.

BE accelerator accumulator advertisement aerial (TV, radio) air hostess alsatian anorak anywhere at home aubergine autumn

AE gas pedal battery commercial antenna flight attendant German shepherd parka anyplace home eggplant fall

BE badge baking tin bank holiday barrister base rate bath to bath bathroom bedside table bill bin biro biscuit bobby police bobsleigh bonnet booking bookshop bookstall boot braces brackets

AE pin baking pan legal holiday lawyer prime rate bathtub to bathe bathroom (in private rooms)/toilet nightstand check garbage can ball-point pen cookie officer bobsled hood reservation bookstore newsstand trunk suspenders parentheses

BE AE call box phone booth candy floss cotton candy car park parking lot caravan trailer cardigan sweater caretaker janitor cashier bank teller casualty department emergency room catalogue catalog

centre center chambers law offices chemist's shop drugstore cheque check chest of drawers bureau chips French fries chocolate bar candy bar cinema movie theater city centre downtown class grade cloakroom checkroom clothes peg clothespin coach long distance bus cocktail stick toothpick cocoa powder unsweetened cocoa coffin casket colour color company enterprise condom rubber cooker stove costume swimsuit cosy cozy cot (Baby) crib cotton thread crisps potato chips crossroads intersection cupboard closet current account checking account curriculum vitae resume curtains drapes cutlery silverware BE AE dialogue dialog dinner jacket tux, tuxedo directory enquiries directory assistance diversion detour doctor's surgery doctor's office double cream heavy cream draught draft draughts checkers drawing pin thumbtack dress circle balcony dressing gown bathrobe drink driving drunk driving driving licence driver's license driving wheel steering wheel duffle coat trench coat dummy pacifier dustbin garbage can duvet bedspread dynamo generator BE earth earth wire elastoplast engaged

AE ground ground wire band-aid busy

engine to enquire enquiry entrée everywhere exercise book expiry date extra time

motor to inquire inquiry appetizer everyplace notebook experation date overtime

AE BE face cloth flannel fall autumn faucet tap favorite favourite fender wing field hockey hockey fields day sports day to fill out to fill in fire department fire brigade first floor ground floor fish-sticks fish-fingers flashlight torch flavor flavour flight attendant air hostess freewaymotorway freight train goods train French fries chips from Monday through Friday from Monday to Friday front desk reception frosting icing AE BE game match garbage rubbish garbage can bin, dustbin, wastepaper basket gas petrol gas pedal accelerator gas station filling station gear lift gear leaver generator dynamo German shepherd alsatian grade class, form grade school primary school ground earth ground wire earth wire to guess to suppose, to think AE BE ham gammon hamburger meat/ground beef mince meat harbor harbour hardware store ironmonger heavy cream double cream high school secondary school, grammar school highway/freeway/expressway (interstate) motorway highway main road hockey ice-hockey

home at home hood bonnet human resources department personnel department humor humour AE BE to inquire to enquire inquiry enquiry instalment plan hire purchase intermission interval intersection crossroads interstate motorway (from state to state) inventory stock AE jail janitor jelly jewelery John Doe

BE prison caretaker jam jewellery Joe Bloggs

AE BE kerosene/kerosine paraffin kilometer kilometre Kleenex tissue AE BE labor labour ladies' room Ladies ladybug ladybird laundry soap washing up powder law offices chambers lawyer solicitor, barrister laid off redundant leash lead legal holiday bank holiday letter opener paper knife life vest life jacket to line to queue liter litre long distance bus coach lost and found lost property

AE BE mail post mailbox letterbox mailman postman main street high street mashed potatoes mashed potato math maths Men's Room Gents mom mum mortician undertaker motor engine

motorcycle movie movie theater

motorbike film cinema

AE BE neighbor neighbour newspaper store newsagent's newsstand bookstall nightstand bedside table notebook exercise book AE oatmeal one-way ticket overpast overtime jump rope

BE porridge single ticket flyover extra time skipping rope

AE BE Pacifier dummy a package of cigarettes a packet of cigarettes pants trousers paper towel kitchen roll paper parentheses brackets parka anorak parking garage multi-storey car park parking lot car park pavement road surface pay raise pay rise phone booth call box, phone box photoflash flashlight pig in a blanket sausage roll pin badge pitcher jug police officer bobby potato chips crisps powdered sugar icing sugar president (business) managing director prime rate base rate principal headmaster/head teacher program programme public school state school AE quiz

BE test

AE railroad raincoat raisin real exciting regular to rent report card reservation

BE railway mackintosh sultana really exciting normal to hire school report booking

resume curriculum vitae to give s.b.a ride to give s.b. a lift rubber condom rubbers wellington boots rummage sale jumble sale running shoes trainers AE BE salary cut wage cut sales clerk shop assistant Santa Claus Father Christmas schedule timetable second floor first floor semester term to set the table to lay the table shorts pants,underpants shot injection, jab sick ill sidewalk pavement silverware cutlery Sincerely, Yours, sincerely skillet frying pan sled sledge sneakers gym shoes soccer football social security number national insurance number steering wheel driving wheel stingy mean stock share stop lights traffic lights store shop storey floor stove cooker streetcar tram student pupil subway underground, tube superstore store suspenders braces sweater cardigan swimsuit costume AE BE tag label taxi stand taxi rank telephone operator telephonist theater theatre thread cotton thumbtack drawing pin tire tyre toothpick cocktail stick track tracks traffic circle roundabout trailer caravan traveled travelled trench coat duffle coat truck lorry trunk boot turn signal indicator

turtle turtle neck tux, tuxedo two weeks

tortoise polo neck dinner jacket fortnight

AE BE underpass subway undershirt vest unsweetened cocoa cocoa powder AE BE vacation holiday vaccum cleaner hoover VCR video vest waistcoat vocational school technical college AE wash up windshield wrench

BE to wash windscreen spanner

AE yard

BE garden

AE zip code zipper

BE post code zip