What's the difference between theater and theatre?

Question

Thanks
-MC

Answer 1

Theater is the American spelling. Theatre is the British, Canadian, and Australian spelling.

Answer 2

Oh ok. So, they're basically the same thing, but with different spelling. Thanks

-MC

Answer 3

You're welcome.

We also spell the following words differently:

harbor - harbour
color - colour
center - centre

And some words are pronunced differently:

We say derby; they say darby -- although the word is spelled derby.