American vs English

American

adj
  • Of, from, or pertaining to British North America. 

  • Of, from, or pertaining to the Americas. 

  • Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture. 

  • Able to be exercised on any date between its issue and expiry. 

noun
  • A citizen or inhabitant of British North America. 

  • The dialect of English spoken in and around the contiguous United States of America. 

  • A citizen or inhabitant of the United States of America. 

  • Any inhabitant of the Americas. 

  • American cheese. 

English

adj
  • Of or pertaining to England. 

  • English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England. 

  • Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen). 

  • Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure. 

  • Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors. 

  • Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German. 

name
  • A town, the county seat of Crawford County, Indiana; named for Indiana statesman William Hayden English. 

  • A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English. 

  • The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world. 

  • A male or female given name 

  • English language, literature, composition as a subject of study 

  • An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain. 

noun
  • Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically. 

  • The people of England, Englishmen and Englishwomen. 

  • Spin or sidespin given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards. 

  • A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English. 

  • The English term or expression for some thing or idea. 

  • The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community. 

  • The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication. 

  • Synonym of language arts, the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes. 

How often have the words American and English occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )