Sometimes different words have the same meaning (US cab vs GB taxi), however, the same word has different meaning (Mad: US 'angry' vs GB 'crazy').
The following words should be noted for an instance of the difference between the United States (US) and Great British (GB) English:
US / GB
alumnus / graduate
anyplace / anywhere
apartment / flat
attorney / barrister, solicitor
automobile / motorcar
baby-carriage / pram
bar / pub
billboard / hoarding
billfold / wallet
broiler / grill
cab / taxi
call collect / reverse charges - while telephoning
can / tin
candy / sweets
checkers / draughts
closer / cupboard
coin-purse / purse
cookie / biscuit
corn / maize
crazy / mad
crib / cot
cuffs / turn-ups - on trousers
dessert / sweet
detour / diversion
diaper / nappy
dish-towel / tea-towel
divided highway dual carriageway
drug store / chemist('s)
elevator / lift
eraser / rubber
expressway / motorway
faculty / staff (of a university)
fall / autumn
faucet / tap - indoors
fender / mudguard, bumper (of a car)
first floor / ground floor
flashlight / torch
flat / flat tyre, puncture
freeway / motorway
garbage can / dustbin, rubbish-bin
gas, gasoline / petrol
gear-shift / gear-lever
generator / dynamo
highway / main road
hobo / tramp
hood / bonnet (of a car)
intermission / interval (in an entertainment)
intersection / crossroads
janitor / caretaker
kerosene / paraffin
liquor store / off-licence
mad / angry
mail / post
mailbox / postbox
mailman, mail carrier / postman
math /maths
mean / nasty, vicious (person)
motor / engine
movie / film
the movies / the cinema
muffler / silencer
no place / nowhere
oil-pan / sump
one-way / single, optician
overpass / flyover
pacifier / dummy - for a baby
pants / trousers
panty-hose / tights
patrolman / constable - policeman
pavement / road surface
peek / peep
pitcher / jug
pocketbook, purse / handbag
potato chips / crisps
private hospital / nursing home
railroad (car) / railway (carriage)
raincoat / mackintosh, raincoat
raise / rise (in salary, wage...)
realtor / estate agent
rest room / public toilet
round-trip / return - ticket
rubber / condom - male contraceptive
rubbers / gumshoes, wellington boots
run / ladder - in heights
schedule / timetable
school / school, college, university
sedan / saloon (car)
shorts underpants
shoulder / verge (of a road)
sick / ill
sidewalk / pavement
sneakers / gymshoes, tennis-shoes'
someplace / somewhere
spigot / tap - outdoors
spool of thread / reel of cotton
stingy / mean =/= generous
store / shop
stove / cooker
stroller / push-chair - for a baby
subway / tube, underground - train
suspenders / braces
sweater / jersey, jumper, pullover, sweater
thread / cotton
thumbtack / drawing-pin
tidbit / titbit
traffic circle / roundabout
trailer / caravan
trash / rubbish
trashcan / dust-bin, rubbish-bin
truck / van, lorry
trunk / boot (of a car)
turnpike / toll motorway
undershirt / vest
vacation / holidays(s)
vest / waistcoat
wheat / corn, wheat
windshield / windscreen (of a car)
wreck / crash (of a vehicle)
wrench / spanner
zipper / zip
The following words should be noted for an instance of the difference between the United States (US) and Great British (GB) English:
US / GB
alumnus / graduate
anyplace / anywhere
apartment / flat
attorney / barrister, solicitor
automobile / motorcar
baby-carriage / pram
bar / pub
billboard / hoarding
billfold / wallet
broiler / grill
cab / taxi
call collect / reverse charges - while telephoning
can / tin
candy / sweets
checkers / draughts
closer / cupboard
coin-purse / purse
cookie / biscuit
corn / maize
crazy / mad
crib / cot
cuffs / turn-ups - on trousers
dessert / sweet
detour / diversion
diaper / nappy
dish-towel / tea-towel
divided highway dual carriageway
drug store / chemist('s)
elevator / lift
eraser / rubber
expressway / motorway
faculty / staff (of a university)
fall / autumn
faucet / tap - indoors
fender / mudguard, bumper (of a car)
first floor / ground floor
flashlight / torch
flat / flat tyre, puncture
freeway / motorway
garbage can / dustbin, rubbish-bin
gas, gasoline / petrol
gear-shift / gear-lever
generator / dynamo
highway / main road
hobo / tramp
hood / bonnet (of a car)
intermission / interval (in an entertainment)
intersection / crossroads
janitor / caretaker
kerosene / paraffin
liquor store / off-licence
mad / angry
mail / post
mailbox / postbox
mailman, mail carrier / postman
math /maths
mean / nasty, vicious (person)
motor / engine
movie / film
the movies / the cinema
muffler / silencer
no place / nowhere
oil-pan / sump
one-way / single, optician
overpass / flyover
pacifier / dummy - for a baby
pants / trousers
panty-hose / tights
patrolman / constable - policeman
pavement / road surface
peek / peep
pitcher / jug
pocketbook, purse / handbag
potato chips / crisps
private hospital / nursing home
railroad (car) / railway (carriage)
raincoat / mackintosh, raincoat
raise / rise (in salary, wage...)
realtor / estate agent
rest room / public toilet
round-trip / return - ticket
rubber / condom - male contraceptive
rubbers / gumshoes, wellington boots
run / ladder - in heights
schedule / timetable
school / school, college, university
sedan / saloon (car)
shorts underpants
shoulder / verge (of a road)
sick / ill
sidewalk / pavement
sneakers / gymshoes, tennis-shoes'
someplace / somewhere
spigot / tap - outdoors
spool of thread / reel of cotton
stingy / mean =/= generous
store / shop
stove / cooker
stroller / push-chair - for a baby
subway / tube, underground - train
suspenders / braces
sweater / jersey, jumper, pullover, sweater
thread / cotton
thumbtack / drawing-pin
tidbit / titbit
traffic circle / roundabout
trailer / caravan
trash / rubbish
trashcan / dust-bin, rubbish-bin
truck / van, lorry
trunk / boot (of a car)
turnpike / toll motorway
undershirt / vest
vacation / holidays(s)
vest / waistcoat
wheat / corn, wheat
windshield / windscreen (of a car)
wreck / crash (of a vehicle)
wrench / spanner
zipper / zip
