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100 British and Australian Word Differences

September 2, 2026

100 British and Australian Word Differences

No. Item Definition
1. apartment flat
2. arugula rocket
3. aubergine eggplant
4. autumn fall
5. banger sausage
6. barrister trial lawyer
7. bell pepper capsicum
8. bill check at restaurant
9. bin trash can
10. biscuit cookie or cracker
11. bonnet car hood
12. boot car trunk
13. capsicum bell pepper
14. car park parking lot
15. chemist drugstore
16. chips fries
17. cinema movie theater
18. cot crib
19. courgette zucchini
20. crisps potato chips
21. diaper nappy
22. dummy pacifier
23. eggplant aubergine
24. elevator lift
25. film movie
26. flashlight torch
27. flat apartment
28. flyover overpass
29. fortnight two weeks
30. freeway motorway
31. fries chips
32. fringe bangs
33. garden yard
34. ground beef mince
35. hire rent
36. holiday vacation
37. hood car bonnet
38. indicator turn signal
39. jam jelly or preserves
40. jumper sweater
41. license plate number plate
42. lift elevator
43. line queue
44. loo toilet
45. lorry truck
46. maize corn
47. marks grades
48. maths math
49. mince ground meat
50. mobile cell phone
51. motorway freeway
52. napkin serviette
53. nappy diaper
54. number plate license plate
55. oatmeal porridge
56. off-licence liquor store
57. petrol gasoline
58. phone box phone booth
59. plimsolls canvas sneakers
60. porridge oatmeal
61. post mail
62. postcode ZIP code
63. postman mail carrier
64. pram baby stroller
65. pushchair stroller
66. queue line
67. rasher slice of bacon
68. restroom toilet
69. rocket arugula
70. roundabout traffic circle
71. rubber eraser
72. rubbish trash
73. sausage snag in Australia
74. scone different baked good
75. serviette napkin
76. shop store
77. solicitor legal adviser
78. state school public school
79. sweater jumper
80. sweets candy
81. takeaway takeout
82. tap faucet
83. thongs flip-flops in Australia
84. timetable schedule
85. tin can
86. toilet bathroom or restroom
87. torch flashlight
88. trainers sneakers
89. trousers pants
90. underpass pedestrian tunnel
91. uni college or university
92. vacation holiday
93. vest undershirt
94. waistcoat vest jacket
95. wardrobe closet
96. windscreen windshield
97. windshield windscreen
98. zed letter Z name
99. ZIP code postcode
100. zucchini courgette

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