American and British English Words List (A to Z). These 125+ words will help you to understand the difference between American and British English.
| AMERICAN | BRITISH |
| Adhesive tape | Sticking plaster |
| Antenna | Aerial |
| Apartment | Flat |
| Awaken someone | Knock up |
| Baby bed | Cot/Crib |
| Baby carriage Baby buggy | pram |
| Balcony | Gallery |
| Bathrobe | Dressing gown |
| Bill | Banknote |
| Billfold | Wallet |
| Bobbie pin | Hairgrip |
| Bomb (disaster) | Bomb (success) |
| Bureau | Chest of drawers |
| Business suit | Lounge suite |
| Call | Ring up |
| Can | Tin |
| Candy | Sweets |
| Change purse | purse |
| Check (restaurant) | Bill |
| Chips | Crisps |
| Cigarette | Fag |
| City | Corporation |
| Closet | Cupboard |
| Clothes pin | Clothes peg |
| Cookie | Biscuit |
| Corn starch | Corn flour |
| Cracker | Biscuit |
| Delivery truck | Van |
| Desk Clerk | Receptionist |
| Diaper | Nappy |
| Dishes | Wash up |
| Downtown | Centre |
| Drapes | Curtains |
| Druggist | Chemist |
| Drug store / Pharmacy | Chemist’s shop |
| Editorial | Leader |
| Elevator | Lift |
| Engineer (train) | Driver |
| Eraser | Rubber |
| Faculty | Staff |
| Fall | Autumn |
| Faucet | Tap |
| First floor | Ground floor |
| Flashlight | Torch |
| Freeway / superhighway | Motorway |
| Freight truck | Goods truck |
| French fries | Chips |
| Garbage | Rubbish |
| Garbage can | Dustbin |
| Gas | Petrol |
| Gas station | Filling Station |
| Generator | Dynamo |
| German shepherd | Alsatian |
| Hardware store | Ironmonger |
| Hood | Bonnet |
| Incorporation | Limited |
| Intermission | Interval |
| Jail | Gaol/jail |
| Jump rope | Skipping rope |
| Lawyer /attorney | Solicitor |
| Lease / rent | Let |
| Legal holiday | Bank holiday |
| License plate | Number plate |
| Line | Queue |
| Lumber room | Box room |
| Post | |
| Mailbox | Pillar-box |
| Mailman | Postman |
| Make reservations | Book |
| Meat grinder | Mincer |
| Monkey wrench | spanner |
| Motorcycle | Motorbike |
| Movie | Film |
| Movie house/ theater | Cinema |
| Muffler (car) | Silencer |
| News dealer | News agent |
| Oil pan | Sump |
| One way ticket | Single ticket |
| Orchestra seats | Stalls |
| Overpass | Flyover |
| Package | Parcel |
| Pants | Trousers |
| Parking lot | Car park |
| Pavement | Road surface |
| Pedestrian crossing | Zebra crossing |
| Period | Full stop |
| Pocket knife | Penknife |
| Powdered sugar | Icing sugar |
| Precinct | District |
| Raincoat | Mackintosh |
| Realtor | Estate agent |
| Recess | Break |
| Restroom | Toilet/cloakroom |
| Round trip ticket | Return ticket |
| Rubber | Condom |
| Sack lunch | Packed lunch |
| Sales clerk | Shop assistant |
| Schedule | Time-table |
| Sedan | Saloon car |
| Semester | Term |
| Sewer pipe | Drain |
| Shorts (underwear) | Pants |
| Sidewalk | Footpath |
| Soccer | Football |
| Station wagon | Estate car |
| Stove | Cooker |
| Stroller | Pushchair |
| Tag | Label |
| Take-out | Take-away |
| Tea cart | Tea trolley |
| Thread | Cotton |
| Thumbtack | Drawing pin |
| Traffic circle | Roundabout |
| Truck | Lorry |
| Trunk /rear deck | Boot |
| Tube | Valve |
| Two weeks | Fortnight |
| Undershirt | Vest |
| Underwear | small |
| Vacation | Holiday |
| Vacuum cleaner | Hoover |
| Vest | Waistcoat |
| Wash cloth | Face flannel |
| Wash up | Wash your hands |
| Water heater | Geyser |
| Windbreaker | Windcheater |
| Windshield | Windscreen |
| Wire | Telegram |
| Yard | Garden |
| Zero | Naught |
| Zip Code | Postal Code |
