Just as there are some notorious differences between Brazilian Portuguese and Portuguese from Portugal, we can say that there are also some differences between American and English English British. It is possible to notice differences in vocabulary, as well as differences in spelling and pronunciation. In the list below we can see some basic differences between American English and British English:
| American English (American English) | British English (British English) | Translation |
| airplane | airplane | plane |
| analyze | analyze | analyze |
| apartment | flat | apartment |
| bathroom | toilet | Restroom |
| behavior | behavior | behavior |
| catalog | catalog | catalog |
| candy | sweets | candy |
| cell phone | mobile phone | cell phone |
| Cookies | biscuit | cookie |
| color | color | color |
| downtown | town center | downtown |
| elevator | lift | elevator |
| era to be | rubber | rubber |
| fall | autumn | autumn |
| flashlight | torch | flashlight |
| gas | petrol | Gasoline |
| gray | gray | Gray |
| labor | labor | work |
| lawyer | solicitor | attorney |
| liter | liter | liter |
| mailbox | pillar box | mail box |
| mom | mum | Mommy |
| movie | film | film |
| pajamas | pajamas | pajamas |
| parking lot | car park | parking |
| program | program | program |
| railroad | railway | railroad |
| sidewalk | pavement | sidewalk |
| sneakers | trainers | sneakers |
| street | road | road |
| Metro | underground | subway |
| remove | tire | tire |
| truck | lorry | truck |
As you have seen, it can happen that different words correspond to the same thing, or better, to the same object, in the case of “Metro" and "underground”, which are used to refer to the subway. There are also some subtle differences in writing, which end up differentiating the words, such as “gray" and "gray”, both used to refer to the gray color.
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Layssa Gabriela Almeida e Silva
Brazil School Collaborator
Degree in Languages - English from the State University of Goiás - UEG
Improvement course in English by Zoni Language Centers - USA - USA
English - Brazil School
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
SILVA, Layssa Gabriela Almeida e. "American English X British English"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/ingles/american-english-x-british-english.htm. Accessed on June 28, 2021.
