THE DIFERENCE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH The American English The British English a acceptance bank acceptance house

affirmative action program equal opportunities antenna TV aerial apartment flat appetizers starters appointment book diary articles of incorporation articles of association b backyard back garden band-aid sticking plaster banking account bank account bathing suit swimsuit bathtub bath beet beetroot billing invoicing

binder cover note booth stand by auction at auction c cabinet cupboard candy sweets can opener tin-opener cash machine cash dispenser chairman / president managing director check cheque checking account current account closed corporation close company closet wardrobe clothespin clothes-peg cookie biscuit collect call transferred charge call

consumer price index retail price index couch sofa credit bureau credit agency crosswalk pedestrian crossing cumulative preferred stock cumulative preference share curb kerb cutting board breadboard d death duty estate duty dish towel tea towel dishwashing liquid washing-up liquid disk jockey disc jockey drugstore pharmacy / chemist duplex semi-detached e electric teakettle kettle elevator lift eraser rubber examination table examination couch The American English The British English exposition exhibition f fender mudguard fire department fire brigade first floor ground floor French fries chips front yard front garden g garbage can / trash can dustbin / litter-bin gas pump petrol pump golden parachute golden handshake gray grey h hair-dryer hair-drier hamper laundry basket

hanger coat-hanger health club sports centre highway road house organ house journal / magazine housing starts house starts i Inc Ltd, plc installment plan hire purchase Internal Revenue Service Inland Revenue k kayak canoe l labor union trade union ladybug ladybird lawyer / attorney solicitor / barrister life insurance life assurance line-up / stand in line queue liter litre

m mailbox letter-box / postbox main street high street market basket average shopping basket medicine chest bathroom cabinet meet with meet messenger courier movie cinema n nightgown night-dress notebook exercise book o operating room operating theatre one-way fare single fare p pants trousers pantyhose tights pay-as-you-go pay-as-you-earn

period full stop pin brooch The American English The British English pitcher jug post free freepost potato chips crisps preferred stock preferred shares property tax rates purse handbag r race car driver racing driver railroad railway ranch house bungalow realtor estate agent resume curriculum vitae revenue / sales turnover robe dressing gown roll reel rooster cock round-trip fare return fare rubber check cheque which bounces s salesperson shop assistant savings bond savings certificate Scotch tape Sellotape Secretary of Commerce Minister (of trade) shopping street mall side mirror wing mirror sidewalk pavement sink wash-basin sneakers trainers solid plain store shop subway underground

t tag label teller cashier to make a reservation to book (a room) to protest something to protest against something toll free freephone trailer caravan truck lorry trust monopoly two weeks fortnight u underpants pants v vacation holiday w wallet purse windshield windscreen wrench spanner y yogurt yoghurt z zero nought zip code postcode / postal code

The American English The British English -er -re center centre centimeter centimetre fiber fibre kilometer kilometre liter litre meter metre millimeter millimetre theater theatre -ize -ise

organize organise capitalize capitalise -yze -yse analyze analyse -or -our behavior behaviour color colour endeavor endeavour favorite favourite flavor flavour harbor harbour honor honour humor humour labor labour mold mould neighbor neighbour parlor parlour rumor rumour vigor vigour

SPELLING IN AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH

-g, -ck -gue, -que analog analogue catalog catalogue check cheque dialog dialogue prolog prologue -led, -ling, -ler -Iled, -Iling, -Iler canceled cancelled canceling cancelling dialed dialled dialing dialling enameled enamelled equaled equalled equaling equalling jewelry jewellery jeweler jeweller labeled labelled labeling labelling The American English The British English leveled levelled leveling levelling libeled libelled libeling libelling marvelous marvellous modeled modelled modeling modelling parceled parcelled parceling parcelling totaled totalled totaling totalling traveled travelled traveling travelling traveler traveller traveler’s check traveller’s cheque

fulfill fulfil skillful skilful installment instalment -m -mme gram gramme program programme kilogram kilogramme milligram milligramme -se -ce defense defence license licence offense offence practice practise -i -y tire tyre cider cyder cipher cypher siren syren sirup syrup Other common differences between the American and British English: airplane aeroplane aluminum aluminium axe ax inquire enquire forego forgo guaranty guarantee judgment judgement wagon waggon pajamas pyjamas net nett