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British English American English

accommodation accommodations

action replay instant replay

aerofoil airfoil

aeroplane airplane

agony aunt advice columnist

Allen key Allen wrench

aluminium aluminum

aniseed anise

anticlockwise counterclockwise

articulated lorry tractor-trailer

asymmetric bars uneven bars

aubergine eggplant

baking tray cookie sheet

bank holiday legal holiday

beetroot beet(s)

bill checkbiscuit cookie; cracker

black economy underground economy

blanket bath sponge bath

blind (window) shade

block of flats apartment building

boiler suit coveralls

bonnet (of a car) hood

boob tube tube top

boot (of a car) trunk

bottom drawer hope chest

bowls lawn bowling

braces suspenders

brawn (the food) headcheese

breakdown van tow truck


2/28

breeze block cinder block

bridging loan bridge loan

bumbag fanny pack

candyfloss cotton candy

car park parking lot

casualty emergency room

catapult slingshot

central reservation median strip

chemist drugstore

chips French fries

cinema movie theater; the movies

cling film plastic wrap

common seal harbor seal

consumer durables durable goods

cornflour cornstarch

cos (lettuce) Romaine

cot cribcot death crib death

cotton bud cotton swab

cotton wool absorbent cotton

council estate (housing) project

courgette zucchini

court card face card

crash barrier guardrail

crisps chips; potato chips

crocodile clip alligator clip

cross-ply bias-ply

crotchet (music) quarter note

current account checking account

danger money hazard pay

demister (in a car) defroster


3/28

dialling tone dial tone

diamante rhinestone

double cream heavy cream

draughts (game) checkers

drawing pin thumbtack

dressing gown robe; bathrobe

drink-driving drunk driving

drinks cupboard liquor cabinet

drinks party cocktail party

driving licence drivers license

dual carriageway divided highway

dummy (for a baby) pacifier

dust sheet drop cloth

dustbin garbage can

earth (electrical) ground

engaged (of a phone) busy

estate agent real estate agent, realtor (trademark)estate car station wagon

ex-directory unlisted

faith school parochial school

financial year fiscal year

fire brigade/service fire company/department

first floor second floor

fish finger fish stick

fitted carpet wall-to-wall carpeting

flannel washcloth

flat apartment

flexitime flextime

flick knife switchblade

flyover overpass

football soccer


4/28

footway sidewalk

fringe (hair) bangs

full board (in hotels) American plan

full stop (punctuation) period

garden yard; lawn

gearing (finance) leverage

gear lever gearshift

goods train freight train

greaseproof paper wax paper/waxed paper

green fingers green thumb

grill (noun) broiler

grill (verb) broil

ground floor first floor

groundsman groundskeeper

hairslide barrette

hatstand hatrack

hen night bachelorette partyhire purchase installment plan

hoarding billboard

hob stovetop

holdall carryall

holiday vacation

holidaymaker vacationer

homely homey

hosepipe (garden) hose

in hospital in the hospital

hot flush hot flash

housing estate housing development

hundreds and thousands sprinkles (for ice cream)

ice lolly Popsicle (trademark)

icing sugar confectioners sugar


5/28

indicator (on a car) turn signal

inside leg inseam

jelly babies jelly beans

Joe Bloggs Joe Blow

Joe Public John Q. Public

jumble sale rummage sale

jump lead jumper cable

jumper sweater

junior school elementary school

kennel doghouse

ladybird ladybug

a lettuce a head of lettuce

level crossing grade crossing

lift elevator

lolly Popsicle (trademark)

lollipop lady (or man) crossing guard

loo (toilet) johnloose cover slipcover

lorry truck

loudhailer bullhorn

low loader flatbed truck

lucky dip grab bag

luggage van baggage car

maize corn

mangetout snow pea

market garden truck farm

marshalling yard railroad yard

maths math

metalled road paved road

milometer odometer

minim (music) half note


6/28

mobile phone cell phone

monkey tricks monkeyshines

motorway expressway; highway

mum/mummy mom/mommy

nappy diaper

needlecord pinwale

newsreader newscaster

noughts and crosses tic-tac-toe

number plate license plate

off-licence liquor store; package store

opencast mining open-pit mining

ordinary share common stock

oven glove oven mitt

paddling pool wading pool

paracetamol acetaminophen

parting (in hair) part

patience solitairepavement sidewalk

pay packet pay envelope

pedestrian crossing crosswalk

peg clothespin

pelmet valance

petrol gas; gasoline

physiotherapy physical therapy

pinafore dress jumper

plain chocolate dark chocolate

plain flour all-purpose flour

polo neck turtleneck

positive discrimination reverse discrimination

postal vote absentee ballot

postbox mailbox


7/28

postcode zip code

potato crisp potato chip

power point electrical outlet

pram baby carriage; stroller

press stud snap

press-up pushup

private soldier GI

public school private school

public transport public transportation

punchbag punching bag

pushchair stroller

pylon utility pole

quantity surveyor estimator

quaver (music) eighth note

queue line

racing car race car

railway railroadreal tennis court tennis

recorded delivery certified mail

registration plate license plate

remould (tyre) retread

reverse the charges call collect

reversing lights back-up lights

right-angled triangle right triangle

ring road beltway

room only European plan

roundabout (at a fair) carousel

roundabout (in road) traffic circle

rowing boat rowboat

sailing boat sailboat

saloon (car) sedan


8/28

sandpit sandbox

sandwich cake layer cake

sanitary towel sanitary napkin

self-raising flour self-rising flour

semibreve (music) whole note

semitone (music) half step

share option stock option

shopping trolley shopping cart

show house/home model home

silencer (on a car) muffler

silverside rump roast

skeleton in the cupboard skeleton in the closet

skimmed milk skim milk

skipping rope jump rope

skirting board baseboard

sledge sled

sleeper railroad tiesleeping partner silent partner

slowcoach slowpoke

snakes and ladders chutes and ladders

solicitor lawyer

soya/soya bean soy/soybean

splashback backsplash

spring onion green onion

stag night bachelor party

Stanley knife utility knife

starter appetizer

state school public school

storm in a teacup tempest in a teapot

surtitle supertitle

swede rutabaga


9/28

sweet(s) candy

takeaway (food) takeout; to go

taxi rank taxi stand

tea towel dish towel

terrace house row house

tick check mark

ticket tout scalper

tights pantyhose

timber lumber

titbit tidbit

toffee apple candy apple

touch wood knock on wood

trade union labor union

trading estate industrial park

trainers sneakers

tram streetcar; cable car

transport cafe truck stoptrolley shopping cart

twelve-bore twelve-gauge

unalike unlike

underground subway

vacuum flask thermos bottle

verge (of a road) shoulder

vest undershirt

veterinary surgeon veterinarian

wagon (on a train) car

waistcoat vest

walking frame walker

wardrobe closet

water ice Italian ice

weatherboard clapboard


10/28

white coffee coffee with cream

white spirit mineral spirits

wholemeal bread wholewheat bread

windcheater windbreaker

windscreen windshield

wing (of a car) fender

worktop countertop

Yale lock cylinder lock

zebra crossing crosswalk

zed (letter Z) zee

zip zipper

British English American English

anti-clockwise counter-clockwise

articulated lorry trailer truck

autumn autumn, fall

barrister attorney

bill (restaurant) bill, check

biscuit cookie

block of flats apartment buildingbonnet (clothing) hat

bonnet (car) hood

boot trunk

caravan trailer

car park parking lot


11/28

chemist's shop drugstore, pharmacy

chest of drawers dresser, chest of drawers, bureau

chips fries, French fries

the cinema the movies

clothes peg clothespin

coffin coffin, casket

crisps potato chips

crossroads intersection; crossroads (rural)cupboard cupboard (in kitchen); closet (for clothes etc)

diversion detour

drawing-pin thumbtack

drink-driving drunk driving

driving licence driver's license

dual carriageway divided highway

dummy (for baby) pacifier

dustbin garbage can, trash can

dustman garbage collector

engine engine, motor

estate agent real estate agent

estate car station wagon

film film, movie

flat apartment, flat, studio

flat tyre flat tire

flyover overpass


12/28

gearbox (car) transmission

gear-lever gearshift

Girl Guide Girl Scout

ground floor ground/first floor

handbag handbag, purse, shoulder bag

high street main street

holiday vacation

hood (car) convertible topjam jam, preserves

jug jug, pitcher

juggernaut 18-wheeler

lift elevator

lorry truck, semi, tractor

mad crazy, insane

main road highway

maize corn

maths math

motorbike motorcycle

motorway freeway, expressway

motorway highway, freeway, expressway, interstate hig

nappy diaper

naughts and crosses tic-tack-toe

pants, underpants underpants, drawers

pavement sidewalk


13/28

pet hate pet peeve

petrol gas, gasoline

The Plough Big Dipper

pocket money allowance

post mail

postbox mailbox

postcode zip code

postman mailman, mail carrier, letter carrierpub bar

public toilet rest room, public bathroom

railway railroad

return (ticket) round-trip

reverse charge collect call

ring road beltway, freeway/highway loop

road surface pavement, blacktop

roundabout traffic circle, roundabout

rubber eraser

rubbish garbage, trash

rubbish-bin garbage can, trashcan

saloon (car) sedan

shop shop, store

silencer (car) muffler

single (ticket) one-way

solicitor lawyer, attorney


14/28

spanner wrench

sweets candy

taxi taxi, taxi cab

tea towel dish towel

telly (informal), TV television, TV

third-party insurance liability insurance

timetable schedule

tin cantoll motorway toll road, turnpike

torch flashlight

trousers pants, trousers

tube (train) subway

underground(train) subway

vest undershirt

waistcoat vest

wallet wallet, billfold

wellington boots rubber boots, rain boots

whisky whisky/whiskey

windscreen windshield

zip zipper

American English British English

A


15/28

a deck of cards a pack of cards

a package of cigarettes a packet of cigarettes

airplane plane

antenna, aerial aerial (TV, radio)

apartment(flat: used for apartment on one floor)

flat

B

baby carriage, baby buggy, stoller pram, pushchair

backpack rucksack

baked potato jacket potato

ball-point pen biro

bangs fringe

bathroom, rest room toilet, loo

beet beetroot

bell pepper pepper

bill note

billfold wallet

buck quid

bulletin board notice board

busy engaged

C

cab taxi

can tin

candy store sweet shop

carpet pad underlay

cart trolley

catalog catalogue

cellphone mobile (phone)

center centre

CEO (chief executive officer) managing director

check (in restaurants) bill (in restaurants)

checkers draughts

checkroom, coatroom cloakroom

clothespin clothes peg

color colour

comforter duvet

cookie biscuit

costumes fancy dress

cotton ball cotton wool


16/28

cotton candy candy floss

cozy cosy

crib cot (baby)

crossroad (in the country)

intersection (town and country)

crossroads

crosswalkpedestrian crossingzebra crossing

D

detour diversion

diaper nappy

directory assistance directory enquiries

downtown, city centertown centrecity centre

draft draughtdriver's license driving licence

drugstore, pharmacy chemist's shop

drunk driving drink driving

E

eggplant aubergine

elementary schoolgrade school

primary school

elevator lift

eraser rubber

everyplace, everywhere everywhere

Excuse me. Sorry.

expiration date expiry date

F

face cloth, wash cloth flannel

faucet tap

favorite favourite

fender wing

field hockey hockey

fields day sports day

film, movie film

fire department fire brigade

ground floor, first floorsecond floor

ground floorfirst floor

fish-sticks fish-fingers

flashlight torch

flavor flavour


17/28

freeway, highway, expressway, interstate motorway

freight train goods train

French fries chips

from Monday to Friday

from Monday through Friday (Friday included)

from Monday to Friday

front desk reception

G

game match

garbage rubbish

garbage can/trash can bin, dustbin

gas petrol

gas pedal, accelerator accelerator

gear shift gear lever

German shepherd Alsatian

grade year

ground wire earth wire

H

harbor harbour

heavy cream double cream

hood bonnet

humor humour

I

inquiry enquiry

installment plan hire purchase

inventory stock

J

jacket, parka anorak

janitor caretaker

jewelery jewellery

John Doe Joe Bloggs

K

kerosene/kerosine paraffin

kilometer kilometre

EL

ladybug ladybird

lawyer, attorney barrister, solicitor

license plate number plate

liter litre


18/28

lost and found lost property

M

mail post

mail box letter box

mailman postman

mashed potatoes mashed potato

math maths

Men's Room Gents

mom mum

mortician undertaker

motorcycle motorbike

American English British English

N

national holiday,federal holiday

bank holiday

Native American American Indian

nauseated sick

neighbor neighbour

O

on the weekend at the weekend

one-way ticket single ticket

P

pacifier dummy

pants trousers

parentheses (round) brackets

parking lot car park

pavement road way

period full stop

phone booth phone box

potato chips crisps

powdered sugar icing sugar

prime rate base rate

principal headmaster, headteacher

private school public school

program programme

Q

quotation marks inverted commas, quotation marks


19/28

R

railroad railway

raincoat mackintosh

raisin sultana

rsumcurriculum vitae(depending on the professional field)

curriculum vitae (CV)

(bath) robe dressing gown

S

sales clerk shop assistant

Santa Claus Father Christmas

schedule timetable

second floor first floor

semester term

shrimp prawn

sidewalk pavement

sneakers trainers

soccer football

social security number national insurance number

stock share

store shop

stove cooker

streetcar tram

subway underground, tube

suspenders braces

sweater jumper

swimsuit (bathing) costume

T

theater theatre

thumb tack drawing pintire tyre

to bathe to bath

to call to ring

to fill out to fill in

to line up to queue

to rent to hire

to set the table to lay the table

traffic circle, rotary roundabout

trailer caravan


20/28

traveled travelled

truck lorry

trunk boot

turn signal indicator

turtle neck polo neck

tux, tuxedo dinner jacket

two weeks fortnight

U

underpants pants

underpass subway

undershirt vest

V

vacation holiday

vacuum cleaner hoover

vest waistcoat

W

wash up to wash

wrench spanner

Y

yard (of a house) garden

yard sale jumble sale

Z

zip code post code

zipper zip

zucchini courgette

AAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

an airplane an aeroplane

aluminum aluminium

anesthesiologist anaesthetist

an apartment a flat

an appetizer (before the meal) a starter

an appointment an engagement

archeology archaeology

(to) awaken someone (to) knock up

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21/28

BAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

a babysitter a child-minder

baby buggy/carriage pram (perambulator)

bad manners bad formbaked potato jacket potato

the bathroom the loo, toilet

a Band-Aid an Elastoplast / a plaster

a bank teller a cashier

a barrette a hairslide

a baseboard a skirting board

a bedspread a duvet

bell boy (hotel) page

bill (money) note

billion trillion / milliard

bleachers terrace

boob tube (TV) goggle-box

to book to make reservations

braces (for teeth) brace

built-in in-built

bumper to bumper (traffic) nose to tail

bus coach

busy (phone) engaged

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CAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

to call (on the phone) to ring

a can of peas a tin of peas

candy sweets

catnip cat mint

catalog catalogue

cents penceChapstick lip balm

a check a cheque / bill (restaurant)

checkers (game) draughts

chips crisps

cigarette fag

clipping (e.g., from a newspaper) cutting

closet (bedroom) wardrobe

clothespin peg

a collect call a reverse charge call

color colourcome by pop round


22/28

a cookie a biscuit

a cop, an officer a copper

corn maize

corn starch corn flour

corn on the cob maize cob

cotton candy candy floss

a commercial an advertisment

a cracker, or cookie a biscuit

cream of wheat semolina

a crib (baby bed) a cot

a cross walk a zebra crossing

a crossing guard a lollipop man / lady

a cupcake a fairy cake

a curb a kerb

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DAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

deck of cards pack of cards

delayed (late) held up

department faculty

department head consultant

dessert afters

a detour a diversiona diaper a nappy

a dollar bill a note

a druggist a chemist

drunk pissed

a duplex a semi-detached house

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EAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

an eggplant an aubergine

an electric cord a flex

an elevator a lift

the emergency room the casualty

endive chicory

an eraser a rubber

expensive dear

extension cord (electric) extension lead

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23/28

FAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

faculty staff

faucet tap

favorite favouritefinancial aid, scholarship bursary

fire department fire brigade

first floor (building) ground floor

flagpole flagstaff

a flashlight a torch

a flight attendant an airhostess

a flirt a tart

font, typeface fount

freeway motorway, carriageway

freezer cold store

French fries chips

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GAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

game match

garage sale boot sale

garbage man, trash man dustmangarter belt suspenders

gasoline / gas petrol

gear shift gear lever

German Shepard/police dog Alsatian

green thumb green fingers

gizzards offal

golashes, rain boots wellingtons, wellies

good many, large number good few

glove compartment facia pocket

glue gumgrandfather clock long-case clock

graduate pass out

granola muesli

gray grey

ground beef minced meat

gum glue or paste

gutter gully

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24/28

AMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

hamburger bun bap

to handle, touch to fondle

hardware store ironmonger

headlights (car) headlamps

hem and haw (speech) m and r

high school grammar school

honor honour

hood (of a car) bonnet

horn (of a car) hooter

hospital emergency room casualty

house (one story) bungalow

humor humour

hungry peckish

insane mad

intermission interval

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JAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

jail gaol

janitor caretaker

jello / gelatin dessert jelly

jelly jamjewelry jewellery

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K-LAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

kerosene paraffin

kindergarten infant's school

to kiss (passionately) to snog

to knock up (slang term) to make pregnant

ladybug ladybird

laid off (job) made redundant

law offices chambers

lawyer, attorney barrister, solicitor / pleader

leash (for a dog) lead

leather hide

legal age full age

library card library ticket

license plate number platea line (of people) queue
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25/28

linens muslins

living room lounge

liquor store off Licence, offy

lunch box piece-tin

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MAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

mail post

mailbox postbox

mail carrier postman, posty

maneuver manoeuvre

to make reservations to book

math mathsmemo or voucher chit

menopause the maenopause

mirror glass

molasses treacle

mold mould

monkey wrench spanner

movie film / picture

movie theater cinema

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N-OAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

napkin serviette

nominate adopt

notebook jotter

nudist naturist

oatmeal porridge

on/off ramp slip road

oven cooker

overalls dungarees

overhead expense on-cost

overpass (bridge) flyover

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PAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

pacifier (baby) dummypackage bundle
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26/28

pajamas pyjamas

panties knickers

pants trousers

paper towel kitchen towel, kitchen paper

parade carnival

parking lot car park

peanuts monkey nuts

peek-a-boo peep-bo

a period (punctuation) a full stop

pharmacist chemist

pickles pickled cucumbers

picnic basket picnic hamper

pie crust pastry base

pine cone fir apple

pitcher jug

plastic wrap clingfilm

Plexiglas perspex

a police officer a copper

Popsicle ice lolly

postage meter franking machine

potato chips crisps

principal headmaster

private school public school

public library lending library

public school state schoolpurse handbag

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R-SAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

raincoat mackintosh / mack

raisin sultana

realtor estate agent

to rent to hire

repair mend

robe dressing gown

rubber boots gum boots

S-curve (road) double bend

sand box sand pit

Santa Claus Father Christmas

security deposit key money

scrambled eggs buttered eggs

shampoo hair wash

shopping cart trolley


27/28

sidewalk pavement / footway

Sir Squire, Guv'nor

a slash (punctuation) an oblique

slipcovers loose covers

sneakers trainers, plimsolls, pumps

soccer football

solitaire patience

spelled spelt

squash marrow

station wagon estate car

steering wheel driving wheel

stingy mean

stroller pram, pushchair

studio apartment bedsitter

styrofoam polystyrene

suspenders braces

sweater pullover, jumper

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TAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

take-out (food) take-away

talk show chat show

telephone blowertelephone booth call box

tip, gratuity dash

tissue / kleenex paper handkerchief

toll free (phone) free phone

traffic jam tailback

transmission gear box

thread cotton

thumb tack drawing pin

tic tac toe naughts and crosses

tire tyre

toothpick cocktail stick

tract housing housing estate

trailor caravan

trash rubbish

trash bag bin liner

trash can bin, dustbin (the one outside)

truck lorry

trunk (of a car) boot

turn signals flashers

tux / tuxedo dinner jacket


28/28

two weeks fortnight

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U-ZAMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISHumbrella brolly

undershirt vest

underwear pants, knickers

vacation holiday

vest waistcoat

waken or rouse knock up

wall to wall carpeting fitted carpet

wallet (a man's) notecase

wallet (a woman's) pursea washcloth a flannel

a water heater a geyser

wheel chair invalid chair

window screen flyscreen

windshield windscreen

yard garden

zee (the letter Z) zed

zip code post code

zucchini courgette

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