British and American terms

British and American English often spell the same word

differently, for example: labour/labor, enthrall/enthral,
or centre/center.
There are also many cases in which the two varieties of
English use different terms to describe the same thing.
Heres a list of various British words and expressions
together with their American equivalents.
British English
accommodation
action replay
aeroplane
agony aunt
aluminium
anticlockwise
articulated lorry
asymmetric bars
aubergine
baking tray
bank holiday
beetroot
biscuit
black economy
blanket bath
block of flats
boiler suit
bonnet (of a car)
boob tube
boot (of a car)
bottom drawer
breakdown van
candyfloss
car park
casualty
catapult
chemist
chips
cinema

American English
accommodations
instant replay
airplane
advice columnist
aluminum
counterclockwise
tractor-trailer
uneven bars
eggplant
cookie sheet
legal holiday
beet(s)
cookie; cracker
underground economy
sponge bath
apartment building
coveralls
hood
tube top
trunk
hope chest
tow truck
cotton candy
parking lot
emergency room
slingshot
drugstore
French fries
movie theater; the movies

cling film
common seal
consumer durables
cornflour
cotton bud
cotton wool
council estate
courgette
crisps
current account
demister (in a car)
dialling tone
double cream
draughts (game)
drawing pin
dressing gown
drink-driving
drinks cupboard
drinks party
driving licence
dummy (for a baby)
dustbin
earth (electrical)
engaged (of a
phone)
estate agent
estate car
ex-directory
faith school
financial year
fire brigade/service
first floor
fish finger
flat
flyover
football
footway
full stop
(punctuation)
garden

plastic wrap
harbor seal
durable goods
cornstarch
cotton swab
absorbent cotton
(housing) project
zucchini
chips; potato chips
checking account
defroster
dial tone
heavy cream
checkers
thumbtack
robe; bathrobe
drunk driving
liquor cabinet
cocktail party
drivers license
pacifier
garbage can
ground
busy
real estate agent, realtor
(trademark)
station wagon
unlisted
parochial school
fiscal year
fire company/department
second floor
fish stick
apartment
overpass
soccer
sidewalk
period
yard; lawn

gear lever
goods train
greaseproof paper
green fingers
grill (noun)
grill (verb)
ground floor
hairslide
hen night
holiday
holidaymaker
hosepipe
housing estate
ice lolly
icing sugar
indicator (on a car)
jelly babies
Joe Bloggs
Joe Public
jump lead
jumper
junior school
kennel
ladybird
a lettuce
level crossing
lift
lolly
lollipop lady (or
man)
lorry
luggage van
maize
mangetout
market garden
marshalling yard
maths
metalled road
minim (music)
mobile phone
motorway

gearshift
freight train
wax paper/waxed paper
green thumb
broiler
broil
first floor
barrette
bachelorette party
vacation
vacationer
(garden) hose
housing development
Popsicle (trademark)
confectioners sugar
turn signal
jelly beans
Joe Blow
John Q. Public
jumper cable
sweater
elementary school
doghouse
ladybug
a head of lettuce
grade crossing
elevator
lollipop
crossing guard
truck
baggage car
corn
snow pea
truck farm
railroad yard
math
paved road
half note
cell phone
expressway; highway

mum/mummy
nappy
needlecord
newsreader
noughts and crosses
number plate
ordinary share
oven glove
paracetamol
pavement
pedestrian crossing
petrol
physiotherapy
pinafore dress
plain chocolate
plain flour
positive
discrimination
postal vote
postbox
postcode
potato crisp
power point
pram
press-up
private soldier
public school
public transport
punchbag
pushchair
quantity surveyor
queue
racing car
railway
recorded delivery
registration plate
right-angled triangle
ring road
roundabout (at a
fair)
roundabout (in
road)

mom/mommy
diaper
pinwale
newscaster
tic-tac-toe
license plate
common stock
oven mitt
acetaminophen
sidewalk
crosswalk
gas; gasoline
physical therapy
jumper
dark chocolate
all-purpose flour
reverse discrimination
absentee ballot
mailbox
zip code
potato chip
electrical outlet
baby carriage; stroller
pushup
GI
private school
public transportation
punching bag
stroller
estimator
line
race car
railroad
certified mail
license plate
right triangle
beltway
carousel
traffic circle

rowing boat
sailing boat
saloon (car)
sandpit
sandwich cake
sanitary towel
self-raising flour
semibreve (music)
semitone (music)
share option
shopping trolley
show house/home
silverside
skeleton in the
cupboard
skimmed milk
skipping rope
sledge
sleeping partner
snakes and ladders
solicitor
soya/soya bean
stag night
starter
state school
storm in a teacup
sweet(s)
takeaway (food)
taxi rank
tea towel
terrace house
tick
timber
toffee apple
touch wood
trade union
trading estate
trainers
transport cafe
trolley

rowboat
sailboat
sedan
sandbox
layer cake
sanitary napkin
self-rising flour
whole note
half step
stock option
shopping cart
model home
rump roast
skeleton in the closet
skim milk
jump rope
sled
silent partner
chutes and ladders
lawyer
soy/soybean
bachelor party
appetizer
public school
tempest in a teapot
candy
takeout; to go
taxi stand
dish towel
row house
check mark
lumber
candy apple or caramel
apple
knock on wood
labor union
industrial park
sneakers
truck stop
shopping cart

underground
vacuum flask
vest
veterinary surgeon
wagon (on a train)
waistcoat
walking frame
wardrobe
water ice
white coffee
white spirit
wholemeal bread
windscreen
worktop
zebra crossing
zed (letter Z)
zip

subway
thermos bottle
undershirt
veterinarian
car
vest
walker
closet
Italian ice
coffee with cream
mineral spirits
wholewheat bread
windshield
countertop
crosswalk
zee
zipper