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UK Vs American Words-General Words
Definition UK Word USA Word
11th June 1998 11/06/98 06/11/98
the dot at the end of a sentence full stop period
unit of paper currency note bill
mathematics maths math
the season after summer autumn fall
day when offices are closed bank holiday legal holiday
small pointed thing used to pin papers onto walls
drawing pin thumb tack
mark made when something is correct or selected
tick check
the name of the final letter of the alphabet zed zee
angry pissed off pissed
One Meaning - Two Words
General Words Cntd…
Definition UK Word USA Word
third piece of a male's suit that goes betweenthe jacket and the shirt
waist coat vest
what women wear over their legs tights (panty) hose
what men wear over their legs trousers pants
a type of soft shoe used in sports or for casual wear
trainers,plimsolls
sneakers
strap to hold up a man's trousers / pants braces suspenders
item to hold up stockings suspenders garters
item of clothing worn in house at night dressing gown bathrobe
a thin cloth from Arabia muslin cheesecloth
large bag carried by females hand bag purse
container carried by females for money purse pocket book
what you put in a baby's mouth dummy pacifier
what you put around a baby's bottom nappy diaper
One Meaning - Two Words
UK Vs American Words-Nouns
Definition UK Word USA Word
the area next to a street where pedestrians walk
pavement sidewalk
place to cross a street on foot pedestrian crossing crosswalk
place from where goods are bought shop store
place from where medicines are bought chemist drug store
payment in a restaurant bill check
place where alcoholic drinks are bought off licence liquor store
shop / store selling metal goods and tools ironmonger hardware store
the business part of a city town centre downtown
law enforcement officer copper cop
what there was before email post mail
code used when sorting mail / post postcode zip code
telephone call where the person called pays reverse charge collect call
free telephone call paid by company free phone toll free
company on the WWW .co.uk .com
One Meaning - Two Words
Definition UK Word USA Word
four wheeled private vehicle car automobile
front of a car / automobile bonnet hood
rear compartment of a car / automobile boot trunk
metal plate with number on a vehicle number plate license plate
long piece of metal used for radio reception aerial antenna
metal tool for tightening nuts and bolts spanner wrench
glass in front of a car windscreen windshield
metal over the wheel to keep mud offmud guard
(wing)fender
multi-lane road for cars motorway freeway
road passing over another flyover overpass
heavy goods vehicle lorry truck
fuel for vehicles petrol gasoline
place to buy fuel petrol station gas station
area to stop off a major road lay-by pull-off
metal container in street for unwanted items skip dumpster
ticket for one journey single one way
ticket for two journeys: out and back return round trip
One Meaning - Two Words
UK Vs American Words- Food Related
Definition UK Word USA Word
what you eat with milk, tea or coffee biscuit cookie
what you put on bread jam jelly
a gelatinous dessert jelly jell-O
crunchy thin-sliced fried potatoes crisps chips
fried stick-shaped potatoes chips french fries
a large vessel for juice or water jug pitcher
sweet things given to children to rot their teeth
sweets candy
rolled up cake with jam / jelly in the middle Swiss roll jelly roll
a sugary liquid like honey treacle molasses
flavoured ice on a stick lolly popsicle
soft long green vegetable marrow squash
meat passed through a device that breaks it up into little pieces
mince ground meat
cereal made from oats, sugar and milk porridge oatmeal
Swiss cereal made from oats muesli granola
fluffy sweet item for children candy floss cotton candy
One Meaning - Two Words
UK Vs American Words- General
Definition UK Word USA Word
arthropod with six legs insect bug
red insect / bug with black spots ladybird ladybug
dwelling in a large building flat apartment
device for obtaining water tap faucet
container for household waste rubbish bin trash can
portable battery-operated light source
torch flashlight
the floor of a building that is level with the ground
ground floor first floor
the floor of a building that is one level above the ground
first floor second floor
device for carrying people between floors of a building
lift elevator
place where films / movies can be seen
cinema movie theater
a type of house connected to one other
semi-detached house
duplex
One Meaning - Two Words
UK Vs American Words
Word UK Usage USA Usage
Asianperson of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi origin
person of Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Philippino origin
ass a donkey human posterior
bathrooma room containing a bath or shower
a room containing a toilet
bill amount to pay for a servicea piece of paper currency
bomb success disaster
buns sticky cake human posterior
bum human posteriorunemployed, down-and-out
CaucasianPerson from the Caucus republics: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan
white person
chipsWhat Americans call "French fries"
What the British call "crisps"
fag cigarette male homosexual
fanny external female sex organs human posterior
football soccer gridiron
One Word - Two Meanings
UK Vs American Words
One Word - Two Meanings
hamper picnic basket full of foodbasket for dirty clothes
homely pleasant ugly
Indianperson from the Indian sub-continent
indigenous American
jelly gelatinous dessert fruit preserve
knickersworn under trousers or dress by women
trousers that end between the knee and ankle
mad not sane angry
mean stingy aggressive
momentarily for a short while soon
pants worn under trousers worn over underwear
pissed drunk angry
presently soon now
public school fee-paying school state school
queen the head of state male homosexual
rubber implement to erase pencil marks male contraceptive
semi semi-detached house tractor-trailer
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