🌍 American vs British · vocabulary

band-aid vs plaster

A small adhesive dressing for covering a minor wound.

American
band-aid

“He put a band-aid over the paper cut.”

British
plaster

“He put a plaster over the paper cut.”

Good to know

"Band-Aid" is an American brand name used generically; Britons say "plaster" (or the brand "Elastoplast"). The official generic term in both is "adhesive bandage."

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