- See also main article: American and British English differences
- list of British English words not used in American English
- list of words having different meanings in British and American English
| American | British |
| barnyard | farmyard |
| bill (paper money) | note |
| blinders (on a horse) | blinkers |
| broil | grill (cooking) |
| bullhorn | loudhailer / megaphone (occasionally bullhorn) |
| burglarize | burgle |
| busboy | (no equivalent) junior restaurant worker assisting waiting staff, table clearer, water pourer etc. |
| busy signal | engaged tone |
| candy | sweets |
| canola | (oilseed) rape |
| carriage (for baby) | pram |
| cart (for shopping) | (shopping) trolley |
| checkers | draughts |
| check (bank check) | cheque |
| check (meal payment) | bill |
| checking account | current account |
| cilantro | coriander |
| cotton candy | candy floss |
| cuss | swear |
| diaper | nappy |
| diner | cafe |
| drapes | curtains |
| drug store | chemist, chemist's shop |
| dumpster | skip |
| duplex (house) | semi-detached |
| eggplant | aubergine |
| elevator | lift |
| envision | envisage |
| fall | autumn |
| fanny pack ( N.B. : Fanny is British slang for vagina.) |
bum bag |
| faucet | tap |
| flashlight | torch |
| gasoline | petrol |
| gotten | got |
| green thumb | green fingers |
| hobo | tramp, vagrant |
| hog | mature pig |
| intern | temporarily employed trainee |
| kleenex | generic term for tissue (from brand name, which is known in Britain but not used generically) |
| math | maths |
| named for | named after |
| meet with | meet (meet with is also used) |
| pantyhose | tights |
| parking lot | car park |
| pre-authorized payment/withdrawal | direct debit (variable amount)/standing order (fixed amount) |
| railroad | railway |
| rappel | abseil (to descend on a rope) |
| restroom | toilet(s), loo, lavatory |
| rutabaga | swede |
| scallion | spring onion |
| Scotch tape | Sellotape (brand name used generically) |
| sedan (car) | saloon (car) |
| sidewalk | pavement, footpath |
| skillet | frying pan |
| sophomore | second (particularly second-year students) |
| station wagon | estate car |
| stick-shift | manual gearbox (not often used, since it's the default. The opposite is "an automatic") |
| stroller | pushchair, buggy |
| tenderloin | fillet steak |
| theater (movie) | cinema |
| theater (stage) | theatre |
| thumb tack | drawing pin |
| tic-tac-toe | noughts and crosses |
| traffic circle, rotary | roundabout |
| triplex (house) | no direct equivalent, more than two houses joined together "terraced" houses |
| trolley car | tram |
| truck stop | transport cafe |
| turn signal, directionals | indicators |
| tuxedo | dinner jacket, 'DJ', 'black tie' |
| two cents | fourpenn'orth/tuppenn'orth |
| underpants | pants (some regions), knickers (usually female), underpants |
| undershirt | vest, singlet |
| wall jack | electricity outlet, plug socket, phone socket, power socket, or even "plug", despite being exactly the same term as the thing that fits into it. |
| xerox | photocopy (although 'xerox' is still used by some older people) |
| yellow light | at traffic lights. In British English this is always referred to as the amber light. |
| ZIP code | postcode |
| zucchini | courgette |