Accustomed vs Acclimated - What's the difference?
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As adjectives the difference between accustomed and acclimated is that accustomed is familiar through use; usual; customary while acclimated is accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment. As verbs the difference between accustomed and acclimated is that accustomed is ( accustom) while acclimated is ( acclimate).
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
accustomed English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Familiar through use; usual; customary.
* An accustomed action - Shakespeare, Macbeth, V-v
Inured to; adapted to existing conditions.
- accustomed to walking long distances
- accustomed to cold
(obsolete) Frequented by customers
* A well accustomed shop - Smollett
Verb
(head)
(accustom)
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acclimated English
Adjective
( en adjective)
accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment
* {{quote-news, year=2012
, date=May 24
, author=Nathan Rabin
, title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3
, work=The Onion AV Club
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, passage=Sequels to fish-out-of-water comedies make progressively less sense the longer a series continues. By the time Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles rolled around in 2001, 15 years after the first Crocodile Dundee became a surprise blockbuster, the title character had been given an awfully long time to grow acclimated to those kooky Americans}}
Verb
(head)
(acclimate)
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