American English

British English

account

bill, account

any place, anywhere

anywhere

apartment

flat

area code

dialling code (phone)

attorney, lawyer

solicitor

backpack

rucksack

band aid

sticking plaster

bathrobe

dressing gown

bathtub

bath

bill (currency)

banknote

billion = thousand million

billion = million million

blind (n)

hide (n)

botanical garden

botanic garden

bureau

chest of drawers

busy (telephone)

engaged

call, phone

ring up, phone,call

cheap (badly made/ done)

shoddy

check (restaurant)

bill

clippings

cuttings

closet

cupboard

closet (hanging clothes)

wardrobe

connect (telephone)

put through

counter clockwise

anticlockwise

crazy

mad

crib (for a baby)

cot

davenport, sofa, couch

sofa, settee, couch

desk clerk

receptionist

dish towel

tea towel

down town

centre (city/business)

drapes

curtains

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British English

Different from / than

Different from / to

Live on X street

Live in X street

On a team

In a team

On the weekend

At the weekend

Monday through Friday

Monday to Friday

Be in the hospital

Be in hospital

In the future

In future

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British English

appetizers

starters

baked potato

jacket potato

broil

grill

candy

sweets

candy store

confectioner, sweet shop

canned

tinned

cookie

biscuit

corn

sweetcorn, maize

cotton candy

candy floss

dessert

pudding, sweet, dessert

eggplant

aubergine

fish sticks

fish fingers

french fries

chips

ground meat

mince

jello

jelly

jelly

jam

oatmeal

porridge

potato chips

crisps

preserves

conserves

with or without (milk/cream in coffee)

black or white

zucchini

courgettes

American English

British English

airplane

aeroplane

baggage claim

baggage reclaim

bus

coach

cab

taxi

kerosene

paraffin

one-way ( ticket )

single

railroad

railway

round trip ( ticket )

return ( ticket )

sidewalk

pavement

subway

underground, tube

underpass

subway