Learn English – “Washing” and “laundry” are synonyms or a matter of UK and US English differences

transatlantic-differences

What are the cloths that gonna be washed or just right after washing called?
Based on my naive dictionary there are 2 terms: "laundry" and "washing".

But I would like to know if they are synonyms or matter of differences between the UK English and the US English, or maybe one of them is less common.

Best Answer

In the US, I've only ever heard "laundry," never "the washing." (Although I have heard "the wash," but "laundry" is most common in the US.)