British vs. American English Dictionary Online
British English vs. American English Dictionary Online contains differences between these two types of languages. The words have been arranged alphabetically so that it is very easy to find the
proper words in the opposite language.
British vs. American English
| British |
American |
| flat |
apartment |
| dust bin |
garbage can, trash can |
| pram |
baby carriage |
| luggage |
baggage, luggage |
| barman, barmaid |
bartender |
| dressing gown |
bathrobe, robe |
| underground |
subway |
| city centre |
downtown |
| hand luggage |
carry-on baggage |
| single ticket |
one way ticket |
| return ticket |
round trip ticket |
| motorway |
freeway |
| public toilet |
rest room |
| lift |
elevator |
| economy class |
coach class |
| timetable |
schedule |
| car park |
parking lot |
| boot |
trunk |
| bonnet |
hood |
| wing |
fender |
| lorry |
truck |
| tanker |
tank truck |
| football |
soccer |
| way out |
exit |
| queue |
line |
| shopping trolley |
shopping cart |
| flyover |
overpass |
| petrol |
gas, gasoline |
| filling/petrol station |
gas station |
| cash machine/point, dispenser |
ATM (Automated Teller Machine) |
| pavement |
sidewalk |
| autumnt |
fall |
| floor, storey |
story |
| food mixer |
blender |
| cock |
rooster |
| socket, power point |
electrical outlet |
| tap |
faucet |
| film |
movie |
| cinema |
(movie) theater |
| shop |
store |
| letter-box |
mailbox |
| pharmacy, chemist’s |
drugstore |
| call box, (tele)phone box |
(tele)phone booth |
| sweet |
candy |
| potato chips |
French fries |
| zip fastener |
zipper |
| trousers |
pants |
| neighbour |
neighbor |
| organise |
organize |
| analyse |
analyze |
| catalogue |
catalog |
| tyre |
tire |
| centre |
center |
| plough |
plow |
| doughnut |
donut |
| cheque |
check |
| kerb |
curb |
| draught |
draft |
| colour |
color |
| behaviour |
behavior |
| honour |
honor |
| taxi |
cab |
| British |
American |
| accelerator, accelerator pedal |
gas pedal, accelerator |
| accumulator |
battery |
| advertisement |
commercial |
| aerial (TV, radio) |
antenna, aerial |
| air hostess |
flight attendant |
| alsatian, Alsatian wolfdog |
German shepherd, German sheepdog |
| American Indian |
Native American |
| anorak |
parka |
| anywhere |
anyplace, anywhere |
| at home |
home, at home |
| aubergine |
eggplant |
| autumn |
fall, autumn |
| advert, ad |
ad (advertisement) |
| assurance, insurance |
insurance (life) |
| adjustable spanner, money wrench |
monkey wrench |
| British |
American |
| baking tin |
baking pan |
| bank holiday |
legal holiday |
| barrister |
lawyer |
| base rate |
prime rate |
| bath |
bathtub |
| to bath |
to bathe |
| bathroom |
bathroom / toilet |
| bedside table |
nightstand |
| bill |
check |
| bin |
garbage can |
| biro |
ball-point pen |
| biscuit |
cookie |
| bobby |
police officer |
| bobsleigh |
bobsled |
| bonnet |
hood |
| booking |
reservation |
| bookshop |
bookstore |
| bookstall |
newsstand |
| boot |
trunk |
| braces |
suspenders |
| brackets |
parentheses |
| British |
American |
| call box |
phone booth |
| candy floss |
cotton candy |
| car park |
parking lot |
| caravan |
trailer |
| caretaker |
janitor |
| casualty department |
emergency room |
| catalogue |
catalog |
| centre |
center |
| chambers |
law office |
| chemist's shop |
drugstore |
| cheque |
check |
| chips |
French fries |
| cinema |
movie theater |
| city centre |
downtown |
| class |
grade |
| clothes peg |
clothespin |
| coach |
long distance bus |
| cocktail stick |
toothpick |
| cocoa powder |
unsweetened cocoa |
| colour |
color |
| cooker |
stove |
| costume |
swimsuit |
| cosy |
cozy |
| cot (for a baby) |
crib |
| crisps |
potato chips |
| crossroads |
crossroad, intersection |
| cupboard |
closet |
| current account |
checking account |
| curriculum vitae |
resume |
| cutlery |
silverware |
| cloakroom |
checkroom |
| British |
American |
| dialogue |
dialog |
| dinner jacket |
tux, tuxedo |
| directory enquiries |
directory assistance |
| diversion |
detour |
| doctor's surgery |
doctor's office |
| double cream |
heavy cream |
| draught |
draft |
| draughts (game) |
checkers |
| drawing pin |
thumbtack |
| dress circle |
balcony |
| dressing gown |
bathrobe, robe, dressing gown |
| drink driving |
drunk driving |
| driving licence |
driver's license |
| driving wheel |
steering wheel |
| duffle coat |
duffle coat |
| dummy |
pacifier |
| dustbin |
garbage can, ash-can, trash can |
| duvet |
bedspread |
| dynamo |
generator |
| debebtures |
bonds |
| draper's shop |
dry-goods store |
| doss house |
flophouse |
| dustman |
garbage man |
| British |
American |
| earth |
ground |
| earth wire |
ground wire |
| elastoplast |
band-aid |
| engaged |
busy |
| engine |
motor |
| enquire (v.) |
inquire |
| enquiry |
inquiry |
| entrée |
appetizer |
| everywhere |
everyplace, everywhere |
| exercise book |
notebook |
| expiry date |
expiration date |
| extra time |
overtime |
| British |
American |
| fag |
cigarette |
| fancy dress |
costumes |
| Father Christmas |
Santa Claus |
| favourite |
favorite |
| fill in (v.) |
fill out |
| filling station |
gas station |
| film |
film, movie |
| fire brigade |
fire department |
| first floor |
second floor |
| flannel |
face cloth, wash cloth |
| flashlight |
photoflash |
| flat |
apartment |
| flavour |
flavor |
| flyover |
overpass |
| football |
soccer |
| form |
grade |
| fortnight |
two weeks |
| fringe |
bangs |
| frying pan |
skillet |
| British |
American |
| gammon |
ham |
| gangway |
aisle |
| garden |
yard |
| gear lever |
gear shift |
| Gents |
Men's Room |
| give sb a lift |
give sb a ride |
| goods train |
freight train |
| grammar school |
high school |
| grill (v.) |
broil |
| ground floor |
first floor |
| British |
American |
| hairdresser |
hairdresser, beauty shop |
| harbour |
harbor |
| hard cooked egg |
boiled egg |
| headmaster, head teacher |
principal |
| high street |
main street |
| hire (v.) |
to rent |
| hire purchase |
instalment plan |
| hockey |
field hockey |
| holiday |
vacation |
| hoover |
vaccum cleaner |
| humour |
humor |
| British |
American |
| ice-hockey |
hockey |
| icing |
frosting |
| icing sugar |
powdered sugar |
| ill |
nauseated |
| indicator |
turn signal |
| injection |
shot |
| insect |
bug |
| interval |
intermission |
| inverted commas, quotation marks |
quotation marks |
| ironmonger |
hardware store |
| British |
American |
| jab |
shot |
| jacket potato |
baked potato |
| jam |
jelly |
| jewellery |
jewelery |
| Joe Bloggs |
John Doe |
| jug |
pitcher |
| jumble sale |
rummage sale |
| British |
American |
| kilometre |
kilometer |
| kitchen roll paper |
paper towel |
| knickers |
panties |
| British |
American |
| label |
tag |
| labour |
labor |
| Ladies |
ladies' room |
| ladybird |
ladybug |
| lager |
beer |
| to lay the table |
to set the table |
| lead |
leash |
| letterbox |
mailbox |
| life jacket |
life vest |
| lift |
elevator |
| liquidizer |
blender |
| litre |
liter |
| lorry |
truck |
| lost property |
lost and found |
| luggage |
baggage, luggage |
| British |
American |
| mackintosh |
raincoat |
| main road |
highway |
| maize |
corn |
| managing director |
president (business) |
| mashed potato |
mashed potatoes |
| match |
game |
| mate |
buddy |
| maths |
math |
| mean |
stingy |
| medicine |
drugs, medicine |
| mince meat |
hamburger meat, ground beef |
| mixer |
blender |
| mobile (phone) |
cellular, cell |
| motorbike |
motorcycle |
| motorway |
freeway, interstate |
| multi-storey car park |
parking garage |
| mum |
mom |
| British |
American |
| nappy |
diaper |
| national insurance number |
social security number |
| neighbour |
neighbor |
| newsagent's |
newspaper store |
| normal |
regular |
| note |
bill |
| notice board |
bulletin board |
| number plate |
license plate |
| British |
American |
| pack of cards |
deck of cards |
| packet of cigarettes |
package of cigarettes |
| pants |
shorts |
| paper knife |
letter opener |
| paraffin |
kerosene/kerosine |
| parliament |
congress |
| pavement |
sidewalk |
| pay rise |
pay raise |
| pedestrian crossing |
crosswalk |
| pepper |
bell pepper |
| personnel department |
human resources department |
| petrol |
gas |
| phone box |
phone booth |
| pickled cucumber |
dill pickle |
| platform |
track |
| plug hole |
drain |
| polo neck |
turtle neck |
| porridge |
oatmeal |
| post |
mail |
| post code |
zip code |
| postman |
mailman |
| primary school |
elementary school, grade school |
| prison |
jail |
| programme |
program |
| pub |
bar |
| pupil |
student |
| to put sb. through |
to connect sb. |
| British |
American |
| quarrel |
argument |
| quarrel (v.) |
to argue |
| queue (v.) |
to line up |
| quid |
buck |
| British |
American |
| railway |
railroad |
| reception |
front desk |
| redundant |
laid off |
| ring (v.) |
to call |
| road surface |
pavement |
| roundabout |
traffic circle |
| row |
argument |
| rubber |
eraser |
| rubbish |
garbage |
| British |
American |
| school report |
report card |
| secondary school |
high school |
| semi-detached house |
duplex |
| share |
stock |
| shop |
store |
| shop assistant |
sales clerk |
| single ticket |
one-way ticket |
| skipping rope |
jump rope |
| sledge |
sled |
| solicitor |
lawyer |
| Sorry. |
Excuse me. |
| spanner |
wrench |
| sports day |
fields day |
| state school |
public school |
| stock |
inventory |
| store |
superstore |
| storey |
story |
| subway |
underpass |
| sultana |
raisin |
| suppose (v.) |
to guess |
| sweet shop |
candy store |
| British |
American |
| tap |
faucet |
| taxi |
cab, taxi |
| taxi rank |
taxi stand |
| technical college |
vocational school |
| telephonist |
telephone operator |
| term |
semester |
| terraces |
bleachers |
| test |
quiz |
| theatre |
theater |
| till |
cash register |
| timetable |
schedule |
| tin |
can |
| tissue |
kleenex |
| to think |
to guess |
| toilet, loo |
bathroom, rest room |
| torch |
flashlight |
| tortoise |
turtle |
| town centre |
downtown |
| tracks |
track |
| traffic lights |
stop lights |
| trainers |
sneakers |
| tram |
streetcar |
| travelled |
traveled |
| trolley |
cart |
| trousers |
pants |
| tumble dryer |
clothes dryer |
| tyre |
tire |
| British |
American |
| underground, tube |
subway |
| underlay |
carpet pad |
| underpants |
shorts |
| British |
American |
| van |
station wagon |
| vest |
undershirt |
| video |
VCR |
| British |
American |
| wage cut |
salary cut |
| waistcoat |
vest |
| wallet |
billfold |
| wardrobe |
closet |
| to wash |
wash up |
| wash up liquid |
dish washing liquid |
| washing up powder |
laundry soap |
| wellington boots |
rubbers |
| wholemeal bread |
brown bread |
| windscreen |
windshield |
| wing |
fender |
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