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Accustom vs Acclimatise - What's the difference?

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Accustom is a related term of acclimatise.


As verbs the difference between accustom and acclimatise

is that accustom is (lb) to make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to while acclimatise is .

As a noun accustom

is (obsolete) custom.

accustom

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (lb) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to .
  • *ca. 1753 , (John Hawkesworth) et al., Adventurer
  • *:I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater.
  • *
  • *:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  • To be wont.
  • :(Carew)
  • To cohabit.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries.

    • Synonyms

    * habituate, get used to, inure, exercise, train

    Related terms

    * custom, customary

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Custom.

    • References

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    acclimatise

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban'' (in ''The Guardian , 6 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/06/england-moldova-world-cup-qualifier-matchreport]
    • The England manager can be encouraged by more evidence that Rickie Lambert has quickly acclimatised to international football, with another headed goal to add to the one he scored against Scotland, but Welbeck's ban comes at a time when Wayne Rooney and Andy Carroll are already out and Daniel Sturridge is likely to join them.