American English (AmE) vs British English (BrE)
Discussing American and British
English is always exciting for me! Whether talk about the accents, the
different words, or whatever. Then in this time, let me share the different
words between them and the meaning as well. May it be useful!
AmE BrE Meaning
Airplane Aeroplane Pesawat
Anyplace, anywhere Anywhere Di
mana saja
Apartment Flat/ apartment Apartemen
Area code Dialing code (phone) Kode
panggilan telepon
Attorney, lawyer Barrister, solicitor Pengacara
Busy Engaged
(phone) Sibuk (Panggilan telfon)
Cab/ taxi Taxi Taksi
Can Tin Kaleng
Candy Sweets Permen
Check/ bill Bill tagihan
Chip (potato) Crisps Keripik kentang
Coin-purse Purse Dompet wanita
Crookie, cracker Biscuit Biskuit
Collect call Charge reserve Panggilan
tagihan
Corn, sweet corn Maize Jagung
Crazy Mad Gila
Diaper Nappy Popok
Doctor’s office Doctor’s surgery Ruangan doctor
Dumb, stupid Stupid Bodoh
Elevator Lift Lif
Eraser Rubber, eraser Penghapus
Fall, autumn Autumn Musim gugur
Faucet, tap Tap (indoors) Kran
(dalam ruangan)
1st floor, 2nd
floor, … Ground floor, 1st,2nd
floor... Urutan lantai 1, 2, dst
Flashlight Torch Obor
French fries Chips Kentang goreng
Garbage, trash Rubbish Sampah
Garbage can, trash can Dustbin, rubbish bin Tempat sampah
Gas Petrol Gas
Gear shift Gear level (of a car) Oper
gigi pada mobil
Highway, freeway Main road, motorway Jalan raya
Hood Bannet
(on a car) Kap mobil
Intersection Cross road Perempatan
jalan
Mad Angry Marah
Mail Post Surat
Movie, film Film Film
One-way ticket Single ticket Tiket
sekali jalan
Pants, trousers Trousers Celana panjang
Pavement Road surface Permukaan
Jalan
Pitcher Jug Teko
Pocket book, purse, handbag Handbag Tas tangan
Railroad Railway Rel
KA
Raise Rise
(in salary) Kenaikan (gaji)
Rest room Public toilet Toilet
umum
Round trip ticket Return ticket Tiket pulang-pergi
Schedule, timetable Timetable Jadwal
Sidewalk Pavement Trotoar
Sneakers Trainers Sepatu
olahraga
Spigot, faucet Tap (outdoors) Kran
(di luar ruangan)
Stand in line Queue Mengantri
Store/ shop Shop Toko
Subway Underground Bawah
tanah
Truck Van,
lorry Truk
Trunk Boot
(of a car) Bagasi mobil
Two weeks Fortnight Dua
minggu
Vacation Holiday Liburan
Windshield Windscreen Kaca depan
mobil
Zee Zed
(Z) Abjad Z
Zip Zipper Resleting
Different from/than Different from/to Berbeda dari/ dengan
Check something out Check something again Mengecek
Live on (street) Live in (street) Tinggal di (nama jalan)
On a team In a team Pada
(sebuah tim)
Monday through Friday Monday to Friday Senin s/d Jumat
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