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British/North American Vocabulary

Here are some of the main differences in vocabulary between British and North American English.

BRITISH

anywhere
autumn
barrister
beeper, pager
bill (restaurant)
biscuit
block of flats
bonnet
boot (of car)
car
caravan
chemist’s
chest of drawers
chips
chocolate bar
the cinema
clothes peg
coffin
condom
crisps
crossroads
cupboard
cutlery
diversion
drawing-pin
driving licence
dummy (for babies)
dustbin
dustman
engine
estate agent
film
flat
flat tyre
flyover
galoshes
gear-lever
Girl Guide
ground floor
handbag
holiday
jam
jeans
jug
lift
lorry
luggage
mad
main road
maize
maths
mobile (phone)
motorbike
motorway
motorway
napkin
nappy
naughts and crosses
pants
pavement
petrol
The Plough
pocket money
post
postbox
postcode
postman
pub
public toilet
puncture
railway
return (ticket)
reverse charge
ring road
road surface
roundabout
rubber
rubbish
rubbish-bin
saloon (car)
shop
single (ticket)
solicitor
somewhere
spanner
spirits
sweets
tap (indoors)
tap (outdoors)
taxi
tea-towel
telly, TV
third-party insurance
timetable
tin
toll motorway
torch
trousers
tube (train)
underground (train)
underpants
van
vest
waistcoat
wallet
wellington boots
whisky
windscreen
zip

CANADIAN

anywhere
autumn/fall
lawyer
pager
bill
cookie
apartment
bhood
trunk (of car)
car
trailer
drugstore
dresser
French fries/chips
chocolate ba
movies
clothes peg
coffin
condom
potato chips
intersection
cupboard
cutlery
diversion, detour
thumbtack
driver’s licence
soother
garbage can, trash can
garbageman
engine
real estate agent
movie
apartment
flat tire
overpass
galoshes
gearshift
Girl Guide
ground floor, main floor
handbag
holiday
jam
jeans
jug
elevator
truck
luggage
crazy
main road, main thoroughfare
corn
math
cellular phone
motorbike, motorcycle
highway, thoroughfare
freeway
serviette, table napkin
diaper
tick-tack-toe
shorts
sidewalk, pavement
gas, gasoline
Big Dipper
pocket money
mail, post
mailbox, post-box
postal code
mailman, letter carrier
bar, pub
bathroom
flat
railway
return
collect call, reverse the charges
ring road
road surface, asphalt
roundabout
eraser
garbage, trash, refuse
garbage can, trashcan
sedan (car)
shop, store
one-way (ticket)
lawyer
somewhere
wrench
spirits
candy, sweets
tap (indoors)
tap (outdoors)
taxi
dish-towel
TV
third-party insurance
schedule
tin, can
toll highway
flashlight
pants
subway, metro
subway, metro
shorts
truck
undershirt
vest
wallet
rubber boots
whisky, scotch
windshield
zipper

AMERICAN

anyplace
fall
attorney
beeper
check
cookie
apartment building
hood
trunk (of automobile)
automobile
trailer
drugstore
bureau
French fries
candy bar
the movies
clothespin
casket
rubber
potato chips
intersection
closet
silverware
detour
thumbtack
driver’s license
pacifier
ashcan, garbage can, trashcan
garbage collector
motor
realtor
movie
apartment
flat
overpass
toe rubbers
gearshift
Girl Scout
first floor
purse
vacation
jelly
blue jeans
pitcher
elevator
truck
baggage
crazy
highway
corn
math
cellular
motorcycle
freeway, expressway
freeway
napkin
diaper
tic-tac-toe
shorts
sidewalk
gas, gasoline
Big Dipper
allowance
mail
mailbox
zip code
mailman
bar
rest room
flat
railroad
round-trip
call collect
beltway
pavement
traffic circle
eraser
garbage, trash
garbage can, trashcan
sedan (automobile)
store
one-way
attorney
someplace
wrench
hard liquor
candy
faucet
spigot
cab
dish-towel
TV
liability insurance
schedule
can
turnpike
flashlight
pants
subway
subway
shorts
truck
undershirt
vest
billfold
rubbers
whiskey, scotch
windshield
zipper