Accustomed vs Habit - What's the difference?
accustomed | habit |
Familiar through use; usual; customary.
* An accustomed action - Shakespeare, Macbeth, V-v
Inured to; adapted to existing conditions.
(obsolete) Frequented by customers
* A well accustomed shop - Smollett
(accustom)
An action done on a regular basis.
* Washington Irving
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A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.
(archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress.
* Shakespeare
* Addison
* 1719 , (Daniel Defoe), (Robinson Crusoe)
(botany) form of growth or general appearance of a variety or species of plant, e.g. erect, prostrate, bushy.
An addiction.
As verbs the difference between accustomed and habit
is that accustomed is past tense of accustom while habit is to clothe.As an adjective accustomed
is familiar through use; usual; customary.As a noun habit is
an action done on a regular basis.accustomed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- accustomed to walking long distances
- accustomed to cold
Verb
(head)habit
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) ; see have.Noun
(en noun)- a man of very shy, retired habits
Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits . ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
- Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy.
- There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits .
- it was always my fate to choose for the worse, so I did here; for having money in my pocket and good clothes upon my back, I would always go on board in the habit of a gentleman; and so I neither had any business in the ship, or learned to do any.
