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Odd thing indeed, but that's what makes etymology interesting (to me).
Most of the differences between English & English (US) derivative are due to English having a large influence from a mixture of Germanic, Norse & French.
English (US) uses different spellings, e.g. color, instead of colour (English with French influence).
I'm not aware of major word differences, apart from things like "sneakers" for "trainers", or "eggplant" for "aubergine", etc.
Blow job was from a comic & it just stuck.