Question

What is the difference between brackets and parentheses? Are they British and American versions of the same thing?

Answer 1

These are brackets: [ ]
These are parentheses: ( )

Explanation:

I'm not entirely sure if there's British brackets/parentheses, but I do know that brackets are mainly used in terms of mathematics (as well as parentheses, but my point is that you don't usually use brackets in terms of English).