美式英语和英式英语vocabulary不同的单词

美式英语和英式英语vocabulary不同的单词
美式英语和英式英语vocabulary不同的单词

美式英语和英式英语vocabulary不同的单词
North American English vs. British English
elevator - lift
cookie - biscuit
apartment - flat
trunk - boot
hood - bonnet
phone booth - call box
parking lot - car park
police officer - police constable
potato chips - crisps
garbage can - dustbin
cigarette - fag
truck - lorry
subway - underground
streetcar - tram
flashlight - torch
tap - faucet
fall - autumn
dessert/candy - sweet
ladder - steps
kiss - snog
duplex -semi
call/phone - ring
field - pitch
match - game
football - soccer
stroller - pram
pants - trousers
sweater - jumper
sneakers/runners - trainers
diaper - nappy
gas - petrol
French fries - chips
closet - wardrobe
mailman - postman
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movie film
fall autumn
icebox refrigerator

American Word----------Britons Say
Acetaminophen----------Paracetamol
Aluminum---------------Aluminium
Americans--------------Yanks
Apartment--------------Flat
Apartment house...

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American Word----------Britons Say
Acetaminophen----------Paracetamol
Aluminum---------------Aluminium
Americans--------------Yanks
Apartment--------------Flat
Apartment house--------Block of flats
Appointment Book-------Diary
Argentina--------------The Argentine
Argentinian------------Argentine
Argument---------------Row, argy-bargy
Baby Carriage----------Pram
Babysitter-------------Minder
Backpack---------------Rucksack
Badger-----------------Brock
Baked Potato-----------Jacket potato
Bandaid----------------Elastoplast (both brand name bandages)
Bangs------------------Fringe
Bar--------------------Pub
Barrette---------------Slide
Baseboard--------------Skirting-board
Bathroom---------------Loo, Water closet, W.C.
Battery (car)----------Accumulator
Beef extract-----------Bovril (brand name)
Bleachers--------------Terrace
Bobby pin--------------Hair pin
Bodyguard--------------Minder
Boots (rubber)---------Wellies, Wellingtons
Boss-------------------Gaffer
Boy--------------------Lad
Broccoli rabe----------Calabrese
Buttocks---------------Bum
Cabbage and potato-----Bubble and squeak
Cafeteria--------------Refectory
Call-------------------Ring
Can--------------------Tin
Carpenter--------------Cabinet Maker, Joiner
Carried away-----------Over the top
Chat (noun)------------Natter
Chat (verb)------------Natter, Rabbit
Checking account-------Current account
Check (bank)-----------Cheque
Check (restaurant)-----Bill
Classy-----------------Upmarket
Comforter--------------Duvet
Condom-----------------Sheath
Conductor--------------Guard, clippie (Scotland)
Cookie-----------------Biscuit
Cotton-----------------Cotton wool
Counterclockwise-------Anticlockwise
Cracker----------------Savoury biscuit
Crazy (person)---------Nutter
Credit-----------------Hire purchase
Crotch-----------------Crutch
Curator----------------Keeper
Curb-------------------Kerb
Dead End---------------Close, Cul de sac
Dessert----------------Afters, Pudding
Detour-----------------Diversion
Diaper-----------------Nappy, Napkin
Doctor's exam room-----Surgery
Dropout----------------School leaver
Drunk------------------Blotto, legless, paralytic, pissed
Dump-------------------Tip
Easy task--------------Doddle
Editorial--------------Leader
Eggplant---------------Aubergine
Elated-----------------Over the Moon
Electrician------------Sparky
Elevator---------------Lift
England----------------Blighty
Eraser-----------------Rubber
Exercise Class---------Keep Fit
Exhausted--------------Knackered
Expensive--------------Dear

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