uk vs american words-general words

UK Vs American Words-General Words

Definition UK Word USA Word

11th June 1998 11/06/98 06/11/98

the dot at the end of a sentence full stop period

unit of paper currency note bill

mathematics maths math

the season after summer autumn fall

day when offices are closed bank holiday legal holiday

small pointed thing used to pin papers onto walls

drawing pin thumb tack

mark made when something is correct or selected

tick check

the name of the final letter of the alphabet zed zee

angry pissed off pissed

One Meaning - Two Words

General Words Cntd…


third piece of a male's suit that goes betweenthe jacket and the shirt

waist coat vest

what women wear over their legs tights (panty) hose

what men wear over their legs trousers pants

a type of soft shoe used in sports or for casual wear

trainers,plimsolls

sneakers

strap to hold up a man's trousers / pants braces suspenders

item to hold up stockings suspenders garters

item of clothing worn in house at night dressing gown bathrobe

a thin cloth from Arabia muslin cheesecloth

large bag carried by females hand bag purse

container carried by females for money purse pocket book

what you put in a baby's mouth dummy pacifier

what you put around a baby's bottom nappy diaper


UK Vs American Words-Nouns


the area next to a street where pedestrians walk

pavement sidewalk

place to cross a street on foot pedestrian crossing crosswalk

place from where goods are bought shop store

place from where medicines are bought chemist drug store

payment in a restaurant bill check

place where alcoholic drinks are bought off licence liquor store

shop / store selling metal goods and tools ironmonger hardware store

the business part of a city town centre downtown

law enforcement officer copper cop

what there was before email post mail

code used when sorting mail / post postcode zip code

telephone call where the person called pays reverse charge collect call

free telephone call paid by company free phone toll free

company on the WWW .co.uk .com



four wheeled private vehicle car automobile

front of a car / automobile bonnet hood

rear compartment of a car / automobile boot trunk

metal plate with number on a vehicle number plate license plate

long piece of metal used for radio reception aerial antenna

metal tool for tightening nuts and bolts spanner wrench

glass in front of a car windscreen windshield

metal over the wheel to keep mud offmud guard

(wing)fender

multi-lane road for cars motorway freeway

road passing over another flyover overpass

heavy goods vehicle lorry truck

fuel for vehicles petrol gasoline

place to buy fuel petrol station gas station

area to stop off a major road lay-by pull-off

metal container in street for unwanted items skip dumpster

ticket for one journey single one way

ticket for two journeys: out and back return round trip


UK Vs American Words- Food Related


what you eat with milk, tea or coffee biscuit cookie

what you put on bread jam jelly

a gelatinous dessert jelly jell-O

crunchy thin-sliced fried potatoes crisps chips

fried stick-shaped potatoes chips french fries

a large vessel for juice or water jug pitcher

sweet things given to children to rot their teeth

sweets candy

rolled up cake with jam / jelly in the middle Swiss roll jelly roll

a sugary liquid like honey treacle molasses

flavoured ice on a stick lolly popsicle

soft long green vegetable marrow squash

meat passed through a device that breaks it up into little pieces

mince ground meat

cereal made from oats, sugar and milk porridge oatmeal

Swiss cereal made from oats muesli granola

fluffy sweet item for children candy floss cotton candy


UK Vs American Words- General


arthropod with six legs insect bug

red insect / bug with black spots ladybird ladybug

dwelling in a large building flat apartment

device for obtaining water tap faucet

container for household waste rubbish bin trash can

portable battery-operated light source

torch flashlight

the floor of a building that is level with the ground

ground floor first floor

the floor of a building that is one level above the ground

first floor second floor

device for carrying people between floors of a building

lift elevator

place where films / movies can be seen

cinema movie theater

a type of house connected to one other

semi-detached house

duplex


UK Vs American Words

Word UK Usage USA Usage

Asianperson of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi origin

person of Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Philippino origin

ass a donkey human posterior

bathrooma room containing a bath or shower

a room containing a toilet

bill amount to pay for a servicea piece of paper currency

bomb success disaster

buns sticky cake human posterior

bum human posteriorunemployed, down-and-out

CaucasianPerson from the Caucus republics: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan

white person

chipsWhat Americans call "French fries"

What the British call "crisps"

fag cigarette male homosexual

fanny external female sex organs human posterior

football soccer gridiron

One Word - Two Meanings

UK Vs American Words

One Word - Two Meanings

hamper picnic basket full of foodbasket for dirty clothes

homely pleasant ugly

Indianperson from the Indian sub-continent

indigenous American

jelly gelatinous dessert fruit preserve

knickersworn under trousers or dress by women

trousers that end between the knee and ankle

mad not sane angry

mean stingy aggressive

momentarily for a short while soon

pants worn under trousers worn over underwear

pissed drunk angry

presently soon now

public school fee-paying school state school

queen the head of state male homosexual

rubber implement to erase pencil marks male contraceptive

semi semi-detached house tractor-trailer

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