2007-03-23 01:30:32 · 6 answers · asked by Karthik 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
apartment
1641, "private rooms for the use of one person within a house," from Fr. appartement, from It. appartimento, lit. "a separated place," from appartere "to separate," from a "to" + parte "side, place".
Sense of "set of private rooms in a building entirely of these" (the U.S. equivalent of British flat) is first attested 1874.
flat – noun
Chiefly British. an apartment or suite of rooms on one floor forming a residence.
Origin: 1795–1805; var. of obs. flet, OE: floor, house, hall.
As you can see not much difference at all.
It just depends which side of the Atlantic you are.
2007-03-23 02:27:57 · answer #1 · answered by Hamish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flat is more of a British term. Though apartment is also widely used. There is no difference.
2007-03-23 01:33:11 · answer #2 · answered by catfish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes theres no difference. brits tend to say flat, and americans tend to say apartments. the term ¨flatmate¨ is used on both sides of the atlantic, if only by a few in america.
2007-03-23 07:27:57 · answer #3 · answered by lonesome me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brits say Flats; Yankess say Apartments.
2007-03-23 05:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apartments is what Americans say and Flats is what the Brits call them. They are the same. Its like in Britain you say TO LET but in America we say RENTAL
2007-03-23 01:34:05 · answer #5 · answered by Samantha 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just FYI: i have had people call my apartment a duplex. ( i thought a duplex was a side by side thing, but for some, evidently not).
2007-03-23 04:09:43 · answer #6 · answered by airgemm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋