VOCABULARY OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

VOCABULARY OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

Vocabulary means the words available in a language or known by an individual. Dialects of a language differ in how they name and label concepts. 20 of such differences in British and American English will be presented in this lesson.

Br. Eng./ Am. Eng.

1. Anti-clockwise/ counter-clockwise
2. Barrister/ attorney
3. Biscuit/ cookie
4. Flat/ apartment
5. Bonnet (car)/hood
6. Boot/ trunk
7. Car park/ parking lot
8. Caravan/ trailer
9. Chemist’s shop/ drug store, pharmacy
10. Chips/ fries
11. Cinema/ movies
12. Clothes peg/ clothespin
13. Crisps/ potato chips
14. Crossroads/ intersection, crossroads (plural)
15. Cupboard/ cupboard (in kitchen) closet (for clothes).
16. Drink-driving/ drunk driving
17. Driving licence/ driver’s license
18. Dustbin/ garbage can, trash can
19. Estate agent/ real estate agent
20. Flyover/ overpass
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