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Cultural vs Tradition - What's the difference?

cultural | tradition |

As an adjective cultural

is pertaining to culture.

As a noun tradition is

a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.

As a verb tradition is

to transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.

cultural

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to culture.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Sarah Glaz
    • , title= Ode to Prime Numbers , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.}}

    Derived terms

    * culturally * intercultural * monocultural * multicultural * transcultural * cultural transmission * cultural anthropology * cultural literacy * cultural wealth * cultural evolution * cultural understanding * cultural tradition

    tradition

    English

    (wikipedia tradition)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
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  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=2 citation , passage=Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.}}
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  • A commonly held system. (rfex)
  • The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
  • * Blackstone
    • A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery.

    Derived terms

    * traditional * traditionally * traditionalism

    Synonyms

    * (a commonly held system) doctrine

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
  • * Fuller
    • The following story is traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics.

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