American vs. British English

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American vs. British English: Vocabulary and Spelling differences
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Differences in vocabulary.
British English
American English
Aubergine
eggplant
Biscuit
cookie
To book
to make a reservation
Braces
suspenders
Caravan
trailer / mobile home
Chemist / chemist´s
drug store / pharmacy
Cooker
stove (also Br. Eng.)
Courgette
zucchini
Custard
pudding
Dinner jacket
tuxedo
Dungarees
overalls
Dustbin
garbage can
Estate agent
realtor
Handbag
purse
Ironmongers
hardware store
Jam
jelly
Jelly
jello
Jug
pitcher
Jumper
sweater
Knickers
women´s underpants
Lorry
truck
Mince
hamburger meat
Nappy
diaper
Net curtains
sheers
Off-licence (shop)
liquor store
Overall
smock
Pancake
crepe
Pavement
sidewalk
Petrol
gas
Pram
baby buggy
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Pudding
dessert
Purse
changepurse
Queue
line
Scone
biscuit
Sitting room
living room
Sofa
couch
Subway
pedestrian underpass
Suspender
garter
Tap
faucet
Tights
pantyhose
Tin
can
Torch
flashlight
Underground / tube
subway
Undertaker
mortician
Vegetable / flower garden
garden
Vest
undershirt
Waistcoat
vest
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Spelling differences
British English
American English
-ce
-se
licence, practice (noun)
license, practise/ce
-xion
-ction
connexion, inflexion
connection, inflection
-ise
-ize
analyse, criticise
analyze, criticize
-our
-or
colour, humour
color, humor
-dgement
-dgment
acknowledgement
acknoledgment
en-
in-
enclose
inclose
-re
-er
centre, theatre
center, theater
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double consonant
single consonant
counsellor, travelled
counselor, traveled
-ae / oe-
-e-
foetus, encyclopaedia
fetus, encyclopedia
-ou-
-o-
mould, smoulder
mold, smolder
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