Plow and plough are both English terms.
Plow is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US
) while plough is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB
).
In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:
Term | US | UK | India | Philippines | Canada | Australia | Liberia | Ireland | New Zealand | Jamaica | Trinidad & Tobago | Guyana |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plow | 95 | 4 | 15 | 78 | 92 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 45 | 46 | 0 |
plough | 5 | 96 | 85 | 22 | 8 | 78 | 0 | 83 | 76 | 55 | 54 | 100 |
Below, we provide some examples of when to use plow or plough with sample sentences.
(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.)