The american convention is that the floor inside a building which is on the ground is called the first floor and the floor above that is called the second floor and so forth.
The difference between ground and floor.
In america those are defined as level 2 level 3 level 4 and so on.
If i find out anything more i ll put it on the blog so stay tuned.
As nouns the difference between floor and ground is that floor is the bottom or lower part of any room.
It has no number and the floor above it is called first in many places.
Ground floor is the nearest floor of the ground.
In britain it is called ground floor and in america it is called level 1.
Can t be that floors are inside as you have the sea floor and the forest floor.
What is the difference between the ground and the floor.
Floor was an archaic word for ground centuries ago and in britain floor is used in the game of cricket to refer to the ground but these examples can hardly explain such a.
The phrase ground floor of course refers to the floor of a building closest to the ground.
Not only do they refer to the floor as the ground but they call the ground the floor.
And the expression getting in on the ground floor means joining a venture at an early advantageous time.
The upper floors of the ground are defined as 1st floor 2nd floor 3rd floor and so on in britain.
This is my theory.
The term ground doesn t need to be qualified there is no such thing as a second ground whereas any building can have one or more floors or storeys.
The floor at ground or street level is called the ground floor i e.
Floor is a see also of ground.
Or built as the pavement is built but is still the ground.
At least so far dictionaries maintain the distinction between the two words.