100 Common British vs American English Differences

No.	Item	Definition
1.	apartment	American for flat
2.	appetizer	American for starter
3.	at the weekend	British time expression
4.	aubergine	British for eggplant
5.	autumn	British preferred over fall
6.	bin	British for trash can
7.	biscuit	British for cookie
8.	bonnet	British for car hood
9.	boot	British for car trunk
10.	brackets	British for parentheses
11.	broiler	American oven grill
12.	can	American for tin
13.	candy	American for sweets
14.	car park	British for parking lot
15.	cell phone	American for mobile phone
16.	courgette	British for zucchini
17.	crisps	British for chips
18.	dessert	American for pudding
19.	diaper	American for nappy
20.	different than	American comparison phrase
21.	different to	British comparison phrase
22.	dummy	British for pacifier
23.	eggplant	American for aubergine
24.	elevator	American for lift
25.	entree	American main dish
26.	eraser	American for rubber
27.	fall	American for autumn
28.	faucet	American for tap
29.	film	British for movie
30.	flashlight	American for torch
31.	flat	British for apartment
32.	football	British for soccer
33.	fries	American for chips
34.	full stop	British for period
35.	garden	British for yard
36.	gotten	American past participle of get
37.	grade	American for mark
38.	grill	British for broiler
39.	ground beef	American for minced beef
40.	have got	British for have
41.	hob	British for stovetop
42.	holiday	British for vacation
43.	hood	American for car bonnet
44.	in hospital	British expression without article
45.	in the hospital	American expression with article
46.	inverted commas	British quotation marks
47.	jumper	British for sweater
48.	lift	British for elevator
49.	line	American for queue
50.	lorry	British for truck
51.	mail	American for post
52.	main course	British for entree
53.	mark	British for grade
54.	math	American for maths
55.	maths	British for math
56.	minced beef	British for ground beef
57.	mobile phone	British for cell phone
58.	motorway	British for freeway
59.	movie	American for film
60.	nappy	British for diaper
61.	on the weekend	American time expression
62.	pants	American for trousers
63.	parking lot	American for car park
64.	petrol	British for gasoline
65.	post	British for mail
66.	postcode	British for ZIP code
67.	pram	British for baby carriage
68.	pushchair	British for stroller
69.	queue	British for line
70.	quotation marks	American punctuation term
71.	restroom	American for toilet
72.	ring someone	British for call someone
73.	rubber	British for eraser
74.	rubbish	British for trash
75.	schedule	American for timetable
76.	shop	British for store
77.	sneakers	American for trainers
78.	store	American for shop
79.	stroller	American for pushchair
80.	subway	American for underground
81.	sweater	American for jumper
82.	tap	British for faucet
83.	timetable	British for schedule
84.	toilet	British for restroom
85.	torch	British for flashlight
86.	trainers	British for sneakers
87.	trousers	British for pants
88.	truck	American for lorry
89.	trunk	American for car boot
90.	underground	British for subway
91.	vacation	American for holiday
92.	vest	American for waistcoat
93.	waistcoat	British for vest
94.	wardrobe	British for closet
95.	write me	American contact phrasing
96.	write to me	British contact phrasing
97.	yard	American for garden
98.	zed	British letter Z name
99.	zee	American letter Z name
100.	zucchini	American for courgette