115 Different Words in British and American English but Have The Same Meaning

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The definition of British English and American English is as follows. British English is the language which is used and developed in Great Britain (the original English language). The British English is also known as Received Pronunciation (RP). On the contrary, American English is the language which is used and developed in the United States. The American English is also known as General American (GA).

Below is listed in a table, 115 pairs of words or phrases which are different in British English and American English, but have the same meaning. There are also more detail information about their usage in a sentence. 

Notes:

• British English (= Briticism/Britishism)
• American English (= Americanism)

List of Words and Phrases Difference Between British English and American English

No	British English	American English	Notes
1.	I see, indeed, ...	Well, ...	-
2.	portmanteau	traveling bag	-
3.	playfellow	playmate	-
4.	drawing room / reception room	parlor	-
5.	public house	saloon, drinking bar	-
6.	centenary	centennial	-
7.	barber's, hairdresser's	barber shop, tonsorial shop	-
8.	banknote, note	bankbill, bank paper	-
9.	promissory note	note	-
10.	cattle	cattle	In American English, "cattle" means "a cow".
11.	holiday, holidays	vacation	-
12.	counsellor	counselor	In American English, "counselor" means "a lawyer".
13.	county	county	In American English, "county" means "a district".
14.	cupboard	cupboard	In American English, "cupboard" is for food.
15.	fish-monger	fish dealer	-
16.	gang-board	gang plank	-
17.	gramophone	phonograph, record player	-
18.	guard	conductor	-
19.	huntsman	hunter	-
20.	aerodrome	airdrome, airport	-
21.	armourer	armorer	-
22.	armoured	armored	-
23.	post order, post-office order, postal order	money order, postal money order	-
24.	cinema, kinema, cinematograph, kinematograph	movies, motion picture, moving picture	-
25.	cinematograph, kinematograph	moving picture machine, movie camera	-
26.	post-card	post-card	In American English, "post-card" has a picture on it.
27.	post-card	postal card	-
28.	railway	railroad	-
29.	straight away	right away / right now / right off	-
30.	return ticket	round-trip ticket	-
31.	single ticket	one-way ticket	-
32.	Yours sincerely (Y is uppercase, s is lowercase)	Sincerely yours (S is uppercase, y is lowercase)	-
33.	express delivery	special delivery	-
34.	underground (railway), in London: tube	subway, sub	-
35.	braces	suspenders	-
36.	to tin — tinned — tinned	to can — canned — canned	-
37.	tin opener	can opener	-
38.	room to let	room for rent	-
39.	cock	rooster	-
40.	wireless	radio	-
41.	railway carriage	railroad card	-
42.	ices	ice-cream	-
43.	pail	bucket	-
44.	violent snow-storm, big snow-storm	blizzard	-
45.	improvement	betterment	-
46.	news-stand	news stall	-
47.	news-agent	news dealer	-
48.	admiralty	naval department	-
49.	indecent	nasty	-
50.	letter box, post-box	mailbox	-
51.	constable	policeman	In Great Britain, some people also use the word policeman.
52.	Chief of Constable	Chief of Police	-
53.	plough; to plough	plow; to plow	-
54.	honour	honor	-
55.	councillor	councilor	-
56.	judgement	judgment	-
57.	advertisement	advertizement	-
58.	Exchequer	Treasury (Department)	-
59.	offence	offense	-
60.	liver-sausage	liverwurst	-
61.	quarter of an hour	quarter hour	-
62.	to practise	to practice	-
63.	rubber shoes	rubbers	-
64.	at the butcher's	at the butcher shop	-
65.	sceptic	skeptic	-
66.	sceptical	skeptical	-
67.	scepticism	skepticism	-
68.	dust-bin	garbage can/pail	-
69.	wooden house	frame house	-
70.	match	game	-
71.	wood-chopper, wood-cutter	lumberjack	-
72.	(university) lecturer	assistant professor	-
73	gear lever	gearshift	-
74	jug	pitcher	-
75	to telephone	to phone	-
76	beyond, beside	outside	Examples of phrases using "outside": • outside of the building • outside of the door • outside of his close friends
77	in these circumstances	under these circumstances	-
78	greens	vegetables	-
79	first-year student	freshman	-
80	second-year student	sophomore	-
81	third-year student	junior	-
82	fourth-year student	senior	-
83	old boy: graduate	alumnus	-
84	school	school-house	-
85	aluminium	aluminum	-
86	post-bag	mailbag	-
87	telly	TV	-
88	high street	main street	-
89	corn	grain	-
90	Indian corn	maize, corn	-
91	stores	department store	In Great Britain, the singular form store means warehouse.
92	class-fellow	classmate	-
93	defence	defense	-
94	go off / run off the rails	derail	-
95	contribution	donation	-
96	drapery	dry goods	-
97	leading article, leader	editorial	-
98	shoeblack	bootblack	-
99	Rugby football, rugger football	football	-
100	Hallo. Are you there?	Hello	-
101.	jemmy	jimmy	-
102.	sleeping carriage	sleeping-car, sleeper	-
103.	line, rails	rails	-
104.	to display	to show off	-
105.	dinner jacket	tuxedo (colloquial language: tux)	-
106.	football team	eleven, the eleven	-
107.	devilry	deviltry	-
108.	dressing gown	bathrobe	-
109.	of frost	below zero	Examples: • It's five degrees of frost. • It's five degrees below zero.
110.	educationist	educator	-
111.	St. Nicholas	Santa Claus	-
112.	petrol station	gas or filling station	-
113.	again and again, repeatedly	time and again, time and time again	-
114.	store	warehouse	-
115.	lady doctor	woman doctor	-

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