Differences between British English and American English

Do you know that there are two kinds of English in generally? Yeah, there are American English and British English. They have some differences but the speaker don't have a trouble to speak to each other. Now, I'd like to tell you about the differences between them.
A. Differences in spelling
-Theater, center, liter (AE)
-Theatre, centre, litre (BE)
-Color,honor,odor (AE)
-colour, honour, odour (BE)
-jewelry, traveler,woolen (AE)
- jewellry, traveller, woollen (BE)
-skillful, fulfill (AE)
-skilful, fulfil (BE)
- check (bank note) (AE)
- cheque (bank note) (BE)
-program (AE)
-programme (BE)
-tire (of car) (AE)
-tyre (of car) (BE)
-realize, analyze, apologize (AE)
-realise, analyse, apologise (BE)
-defense, offense, license (AE)
-defence , offence,licence (BE)
-etc
B. Differences in Vocabulary
American English : Can (of beans), sidewalk, soccer ,elavator, truck, flashlight, TV, mobile phone
British English : Tin (of bans), pavement, football, lift, lorry, torch, cell phone

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