Friday 27 September 2013

British English and American English - U, V, W, X, Y, Z


British English
American English
unalike
unlike
underground (train), tube
subway
underlay
carpet pad
undertaker
mortician
vacuum flask
thermos bottle
valour
valor
value
appraise
vapour
vapor
veranda
porch
verge (of a road)
shoulder
vest
undershirt
veterinary surgeon
veterinarian
vigour
vigor
wagon
freight car
wagon (on a train)
car
waistcoat
vest
walking frame
walker
wallet
wallet, billfold
wardrobe
closet
warehouse
storehouse
water ice
Italian ice
weatherboard
clapboard
wellington boots
rubber boots, rain boots
whisky
whisky/whiskey
white coffee
coffee with cream
white spirit
mineral spirits
wholemeal bread
wholewheat bread
wilful
willful
wind
gas
windcheater
windbreaker
windscreen
windshield
wing (of a car)
fender
woolen
woolen
worktop
countertop
Yale lock
cylinder lock
year
grade
zebra crossing
crosswalk
zed (letter Z)
zee
zip
zipper

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