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Rai9999 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

expiry expiration

They are the same word but what the differences in using them?
Can I both say expiry date and expiration date???
confused ...
they are all nouns too
  

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I would say "expiry date". For me, "expiration" seems a much less common word. However, as far as I can tell from Internet search results, there is a difference in usage between AmE and BrE.

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  • I would say "expiry date".
  • For me, "expiration" seems a much less common word.
  • However, as far as I can tell from Internet search results, there is a difference in usage between AmE and BrE.
  • In AmE "expiration" seems to dominate, while in BrE it is the other way round.
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I would say "expiry date". For me, "expiration" seems a much less common word. However, as far as I can tell from Internet search results, there is a difference in usage between AmE and BrE. In AmE "expiration" seems to dominate, while in BrE it is the other way round. (I am a BrE speaker.)
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