British versus american expressions

Please be careful:  the list you have posted contains many inaccuracies and obsolete forms. 

Adopt nominate - inaccurate contrast
air hostess flight attendant - becoming obsolete.  Flight crew/attendant used in BrE now.
bad form bad manners - obsolete.  Bad manners used in BrE.
Bedsitter studio apartment - becoming obsolete.  Studio flat used in BrE, occasionally bedsit, never bedsitter.
Bellpush doorbell - obsolete.  Door bell used in BrE.
Bill check (restaurant payments), invoice - incorrect contrast.  In the UK, we ask for the bill and pay with a cheque, in the US, you ask for the check and pay with a bill.
Billion trillion - distinction becoming obsolete.  Traditionally 'billion' in BrE means a million million, but AmE use is starting to prevail
bin liner trash bag - or bin bag
Biscuit cracker, cookie - a biscuit is sweet, a cracker is savoury (and cracker is used in AmE too).  We also use cookie to describe American-style cookies which are larger and semi-soft.
Blower telephone - blower is old-fashioned slang (died out in the 1950s).  In BrE we say phone or telephone, just like AmE
Bonnet hood (of a car)
Boot trunk (of a car)
boot sale garage sale
Braces suspenders
Bundle package - incorrect distinction.  Both are used in BrE
Bursary financial aid, scholarship - becoming obsolete.  Bursary is occasionally used to mean a discretionary financial award often based on parental income.  A scholarship is often won by the student deomonstrating academic prowess.
Buttered eggs scrambled eggs - obsolete.  Scrambled eggs is current BrE - and has been for at least 60 years.
call box telephone booth - obsolete.  Phone box is current in BrE, if you can find one in these days of mobile phones.
came away went away, left - obsolete
car smash car crash - obsolete.  Crash used in BrE
Cashier dishonorable discharge - obsolete. 
Casualty hospital emergency room - becoming obsolete.  Casualty (department) or A&E (Accident and Emergency) used in BrE
cat mint catnip - both used in BrE
Cha tea - obsolete slang.  Tea used in BrE - current slang would be a cuppa or a brew (particuarly in the north)
chambers law offices
chemist shop drug store - chemists or pharmacy used in BrE now 
child-minder baby-sitter - both are used in BrE.  Child minder usually looks after children during the day in the child minder's own home.  A baby sitter comes to the family's home to look after the children in the evening if the parents go out.
Chips French fries - British chips are different in size to French Fries.  Either might appear on a British menu.
Chit memo or voucher - obsolete
Cinema movies, movie theater
Climber vine, ivy - incorrect distinction.  Ivy used (and has always been used) in BrE.  For example, consider 16th century Christmas Carol "The Holly and the Ivy".
clocked in checked in - obsolete distinction.  In BrE, we check in to a hotel, but clock in for a shift in a factory
Closet conference room - obsolete.  Conference room used in BrE
Coach bus - obsolete distinction.  Bus and coach are two different things in the UK
cold store freezer - obsolete.  Freezer used in BrE
consultant department head - obsolete distinction.  Consultant and department head mean two different things in BrE
Copper cop, officer - Copper is obsolete.  Cop is more likely to be used in AmE than BrE these days
Cotton thread - obsolete distinction.  Both used in BrE
Crisps potato chips
Cutting clipping (e.g., from a newspaper)
Dash tip, gratuity - Obsolete.  In BrE we say 'tip', as do Americans - but gratuity is equally well understood.  Note that the UK and US have very different tipping cultures.
dinner jacket tux, tuxedo - obsolete distinction
double bend S-curve
Draughts checkers
(game)
drawing pin thumb tack
driving wheel steering wheel - obsolete.  Steering wheel is used in BrE
Dummy baby's pacifier
dust bin garbage can, trash can - dustbin (outside) or rubbish bin  (inside) used in BrE.
engaged (telephone) busy signal, line is busy
engagement appointment - obsolete
estate car station wagon
Extension lead extension cord (electric) - obsolete distinction.  Both used in BrE
facia pocket glove compartment - obsolete.  Glove compartment used in BrE
Factor agent - obsolete distinction.  Factor and agent mean different things in BrE now
Faculty department - becoming obsolete.  Faculty used only in university jargon, and is more often replaced by department now
fairy cake cup cake - becoming obsolete.  Both used in BrE
Fen marsh - obsolete.  The Fens is a specific area in the East of England.  Otherwise, marsh is used
fill in, fill up complete, fill out
Film movie - both now used in BrE
fir apple pine cone - obsolete.  Pinecone used in BrE
fitted carpet wall to wall carpeting (abbreviated w/w) - obsolete
Flagstaff flagpole - obsolete.  Flagpole used in BrE
Flashers turn signals - obsolete.  Indicators used in BrE 
Flat apartment
Flex electric cord - becoming obsolete.  Cord or cable more commonly used in BrE. 
Float petty cash - becoming obsolete.  Petty cash used more often in BrE than float.

Note bill (money)
notecase wallet - obsolete.  In BrE, men carry a wallet, ladies carry a purse in their handbag
noughts and crosses tic-tac-toe
number plate license plate - both now used in BrE
oblique slash (punctuation) - obsolete
on-cost overhead expense - obsolete
open university extension courses, distance education
outfitter clothing store - virtually obsolete.  Gentlemen's outfitter is rarely used to describe an old-fashioned kind of men's clothing shop.
pack of cards deck of cards
page (hotel) bell boy - obsolete.  Bell boy used in BrE now
pants underwear
paper handkerchief tissue - obsolete.  Tissue used in BrE.  Although the brand Kleenex is sold in the UK, we don't refer to a tissue as a Kleenex as I have heard in the US.
Pass out graduate - obsolete.  Pass out only used for military graduations in BrE
patience solitaire - both used in BrE
pavement sidewalk
peep-bo peek-a-boo
Peg clothespin
perspex Plexigla
petrol gas, gasoline
pickled cucumbers pickles - obsolete.  In BrE, gherkin used for what Americans call pickle.  British pickle is a tangy kind of relish/chutney often used to make cheese sandwiches.
pictures movies
piece-tin lunch box - obsolete
*** drunk
pleader lawyer, attorney - obsolete.  The UK justice system divides lawyers who work in the courtroom (barristers) from those who work outside the courtroom (solicitors).
ponce pimp - old-fashioned (1950's) slang.
pop round come by
porridge oatmeal
Post mail
Post free postpaid - More commonly Freepost or Pre-paid in BrE now.
postcode zip code
postoffice directory telephone directory - obsolete.  Usually phone book or occasionally phone directory.
power cut power failure
preggers pregnant - old-fashioned slang.
press man journalist, reporter - obsolete.  Journalist or reported used in BrE now
private address home address - obsolete
professor conductor (orchestra) - obsolete.  Conductor used in BrE, and has been for generations.
programme show
proofed waterproofed - obsolete.
Pub bar, saloon
Punt gamble (means kick or skip in American)
purse pocketbook
pylon utility pole
queue line
Quit behave - Quit is not usually used to mean behave in BrE.  If anything, it's the other way round - more likely to be used in AmE, in my understanding.
radiogram stereo - Obsolete by about 50 years.
ramble walk, stroll
Rate tax
Read out read aloud - both used in BrE.
reader's ticket library card - obsolete
ready, steady, go! ready, set, go!
recap Retread
reckoning machine cash register - obsolete.  More usually called the till in BrE
recorded delivery Return receipt requested, certified / registered mail
remould Retread
return ticket round-trip ticket
reverse charge collect call
ring pull a can's tab
ring up Call
roll neck turtle neck
round sandwich - obsolete
Roup auction  - either regional slang or so obsolete that I've never, ever encountered this word before
rubber eraser (means condom in American)
rubbish bin trash can
Rug Blanket - not the same thing.  A rug goes on the floor, a blanket goes on the bed.
running knot slip knot - virtually obsolete in BrE.  Slip knot more often used (if at all).
rusticated suspended (punishment) - obsolete slang
salt beef corned beef - obsolete.  Corned beef used in BrE, different from American salt beef which can sometimes be found in delis here in the UK
salt pot salt shaker
sandpit Sandbox
scent Perfume - old-fashioned.  Perfume more often used in BrE these days
scrape butter or margarine, thinly spread
scurf Dandruff - obsolete.  Dandruff used in BrE
self-drive car rental car - Obsolete.  Hire car more often used in BrE, sometimes rental car
semi-detached house Duplex
service lift dumbwaiter - They mean different things in BrE these days.
serviette Napkin
Shop gazing window shopping, browsing - Shop gazing never used in BrE.  Both window shopping (from the outside) and browsing (inside the shop) are current in BrE.
side (billiards) English - this term unknown to me, but billiards has largely been supplanted by snooker and pool in the UK
silencer  (vehicles) Muffler
silent number unlisted number - obsolete.  Ex-diretory now used in BrE
single ticket one-way ticket
singlet T-shirt - obsolete since the 1960's.  T-shirt commonly used in BrE.
six-over-six 20-20 vision - obsolete.
Slide barrette (hair)
Slip men's underwear (means women's undergarments in American) - obsolete.  It's a pretty old-fashioned word for a women's petticoat in BrE these days.
smart well-dressed (means clever in American)
snowslip Avalanche - obsolete.  Avalanche used in BrE
spanner Wrench
spatula tongue depressor - In hospitals, tongue depressor more often used in BrE.  A spatula usually means a kind of kitchen utensil these days.
spirits alcohol (liquor, brandy, whiskey)
spool cassette, tape, reel, roll - all of these terms are becoming obsolete in this new media age.
squails tiddlywinks - obsolete.  Tiddly-winks is used in BrE, though the game has been out of fashion for decades.
squib firecracker
stance taxi stand - obsolete. Taxi rank used in BrE
Stop late stay late - 'stop' meaning 'stay' now rarely used in BrE.  More common in north of UK.
Stop open stay open - virtually obsolete
strapping Bandages - obsolete
subject Citizen - they mean different things in BrE.  We stopped being British Subjects in the 1980s and became British Citizens.
suction cleaner vacuum cleaner - obsolete.  The brand name 'hoover' is used in the UK to describe the object and the activity
sugar soap paint remover
sun-filter cream sun-screen lotion - obsolete.  Sun-tan lotion or sunscreen used in BrE
surgery doctor's office (means operating room in American)
surname last name, family name
suspenders Garters
sweater Sweatshirt - now mean different things in BrE.  Sweater is used in AmE where jumper is used in BrE to mean a woollen top.
sweet oil olive oil - obsolete.  Olive oil used in BrE
sweeties, sweets Candy
swiss bun Danish - obsolete.  Danish or Danish pastry used in BrE
swiss roll jelly roll
Swot study hard, cram
Table a proposal discuss a proposal (opposite of American meaning) - Tabling a proposal no longer current in everyday English, except in Parliament where a motion is tabled (a prospective law is put on the agenda for discussion)
tablets pills, medicine
Take a decision make a decision - both used in BrE
Take with take out, to go (fast-food restaurant) - Incorrect.  Only take-away is used in BrE
Take-away carry-out (fast-food restaurant)
Tap Faucet
taxi rank taxi stand
telephonist telephone operator - obsolete
Telly television, TV (pronounced tee-vee)
Tick check mark
tights Pantyhose
timeous, timous early, timely - obsolete
Tin Can
tinkle telephone call (means urinate in American) - very old-fashioned slang.  You might still hear 'give us a bell' in BrE, meaning 'telephone me'.
to time on time - obsolete.  Running on time used in BrE
toothful Sip - obsolete
torch Flashlight
Tot add, calculate a total
touch wood knock on wood
tower block Skyscraper - These have come to mean different things in BrE.  A skyscraper is considerably taller than a tower block.
Town centre Downtown
tradesman Storekeeper
Tram trolley, streetcar - obsolete.  In cities where this system still operates, it's called the tram.
treacle Molasses
treacle sponge Gingerbread - different things in BrE.
trolley shopping cart
trousers Pants
trunk call toll call, long distance call - obsolete.  Long distance call used in BrE
Tube of candy roll of candy - Candy is not used in BrE.  We generally have a packet of sweets, even where the sweets are in a roll shape (for example, a packet of Fruit Pastilles).  The exception is Smarties, which are sold in a cardboard tube.
Tube station subway station
tunny tuna fish - obsolete.  Tuna used in BrE
Turn off discharge, fire - obsolete
Turn out a room thoroughly clean a room - obsolete
underground Subway - they mean different things in BrE.  The Underground (or Tube) is the underground railway system.  A subway is a pedestrian tunnel built under a busy road.
unmade track dirt road - more often dirt track in BrE now
vacuum flask thermos bottle - more usually a Thermos or just a flask in BrE
Vest T-shirt, undershirt
victualler Innkeeper - obsolete.  The person who runs a pub is a landlord.
waist coat Vest - Written as one word in BrE now: waistcoat
Wall safe food cupboard or cabinet in the kitchen - obsolete.  Kitchen cabinet or cupboard used in BrE.
water ice Sherbet - obsolete.  Closest we would have in the UK these days would be sorbet.
white coffee coffee with cream
whole time full time - largely obsolete.  A person would describe their working pattern as full-time or part-time in BrE
Wind cheater Windbreaker - A wind cheater is an old-fashioned word for a light plastic jacket in the UK.  A windbreaker is more often used for the fabric screen families put up on cold and windy British beaches to get shelter from the wind.
windscreen Windshield
wire wool steel wool - both are used in BrE
zed the letter zee (z)

Obviously I'm only looking at these from a British English perspective.  There may well be cases where both are used in the UK, but an AmE user might not understand one of the terms immediately.

Tam Sadek wrote:

'very much less common'? I'd probably say 'far less common' myself; but maybe that's another difference between the North and South?

(I think that's me being very much more cautious...)

MrP