British -our vs.

American -or difference

1. armour armor
behaviour behavior
(BrE) colour color (AmE)
favourite favorite
flavour flavor
harbour harbor
honour honor
humour humor
labour labor
neighbour neighbor
rumour rumor
saviour savior

2. centimetre centimeter; centre-center ; fibre-fiber ; kilometre-kilometer;

litre-liter; lustre-luster; louvre- louver ; manoeuvre- maneuver; metremeter; spectre-specter; theatre-theater

3. analyse-analyze; apologise- apologize; appetiser-appetizer; catalysecatalyze;

civilise, civilisation - civilize, civilization
colonise, colonisation-colonize, colonization
criticise-criticize
emphasise-emphasize; organise organize;
popularise, popularisation - popularize, popularization
prise-prize
realise-realize
recognise-recognize
4.
enrolment enrollment;

fulfil-fulfill; instalment-installment; skilful-skillful

counsellor-counselor ; fuelled-fueled;
paralleled; quarrelling-quarreling

travelling-traveling;

parallelled-

5.
analogue- analog, catalogue-catalog;

dialogue-dialog;

6.
defence-defense
licence (noun)
license (verb) - license (both noun and verb)
7.
programme (noun) program
programme (verb) (to instruct) program
program (programme)
gram (gramme) - gram

monologue-monolog

Razliite rijei za iste pojmove u BrE i AmE

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autoput BrE (motorway) vs. AmE (highway)

odmor BrE (holiday) vs. AmE (vacation)
nerijeeno BrE (draw) vs. AmE (tie)
osnovna kola BrE (primary school) vs. AmE (elementary school)
srednja kola - BrE (secondary school) vs. AmE (high school)
Podzemna BrE (underground) s. AmE (subway)
raun u restoranu BrE (bill) vs. AmE (check)
Toalet BrE (toilet) vs. AmE (rest room)
Utakmica BrE (match) vs. AmE (game)

A porter in a British hotel comes upon an American tourist impatiently jabbing at the button
for the lift.
"Sir, the lift will be here in a moment."
"Lift? Lift?" replies the American. "Oh, you mean the elevator."
"No sir, here we call it a lift."
"Well, as it was invented in the United States, its called an elevator."
"Yes sir, but as the language was invented here, its called a lift."