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100 British and American Word Differences

July 20, 2026

100 British and American Word Differences

No. Item Definition
1. apartment American for flat
2. appetizer American for starter
3. aubergine British for eggplant
4. autumn British preferred for fall
5. bangs American for fringe
6. bin British for trash can
7. bonnet British for car hood
8. boot British for car trunk
9. braces British for suspenders
10. brackets British for parentheses
11. candy American for sweets
12. car park British for parking lot
13. cell phone American for mobile phone
14. chemist British for drugstore
15. chips British for fries
16. courgette British for zucchini
17. crisps British for potato chips
18. diaper American for nappy
19. divided highway American for dual carriageway
20. dummy British for pacifier
21. eggplant American for aubergine
22. elevator American for lift
23. eraser American for rubber
24. fall American for autumn
25. faucet American for tap
26. film British for movie
27. flashlight American for torch
28. flat British for apartment
29. football British for soccer
30. fries American for chips
31. fringe British for bangs
32. garbage American for rubbish
33. gasoline American for petrol
34. gearshift American for gearstick
35. gearstick British for gearshift
36. grades American for marks
37. head teacher British for principal
38. holiday British for vacation
39. hood American for car bonnet
40. indicator British for turn signal
41. inverted commas British for quotation marks
42. jumper British for sweater
43. license plate American for number plate
44. lift British for elevator
45. line American for queue
46. lorry British for truck
47. mail American for post
48. mailbox American for postbox
49. marks British for grades
50. math American for maths
51. maths British for math
52. mobile phone British for cell phone
53. motorway British for freeway
54. movie American for film
55. muffler American for silencer
56. nappy British for diaper
57. number plate British for license plate
58. one-way ticket American for single ticket
59. pacifier American for dummy
60. pants American for trousers
61. parking lot American for car park
62. petrol British for gasoline
63. post British for mail
64. postbox British for mailbox
65. postcode British for ZIP code
66. potato chips American for crisps
67. queue British for line
68. quotation marks American for inverted commas
69. resume American for CV
70. return ticket British for round-trip ticket
71. round-trip ticket American for return ticket
72. roundabout British circular junction
73. rubber British for eraser
74. rubbish British for garbage
75. schedule American for timetable
76. shop British for store
77. sidewalk American for pavement
78. sneakers American for trainers
79. soccer American for football
80. store American for shop
81. sweater American for jumper
82. sweets British for candy
83. tap British for faucet
84. timetable British for schedule
85. traffic circle American for roundabout
86. trainers British for sneakers
87. trash can American for bin
88. trousers British for pants
89. truck American for lorry
90. trunk American for car boot
91. underground British for subway
92. vacation American for holiday
93. vest American for waistcoat
94. waistcoat British for vest
95. windscreen British for windshield
96. windshield American for windscreen
97. wrench American for spanner
98. zed British for letter Z
99. zee American for letter Z
100. zucchini American for courgette

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