Custom vs Manner - What's the difference?
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Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing, living or behaving.
:* And teach customs which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21 .
:* Moved beyond his custom , Gama said. .
:* A custom More honored in the breach than the observance. Shakespeare
Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
* Let him have your custom , but not your votes. - .
(legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
* Usage is a fact. Custom' is a law. There can be no '''custom''' without usage, though there may be usage without '''custom . ''Wharton .
(obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
* Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. Shakespeare
The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
* Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom' to whom '''custom . ''Rom. xiii. 7 .
Created under particular specifications, specialized, unique, custom-made
made in a different way from usual, specially to fit one's needs
(obsolete) To make familiar; to accustom.
(obsolete) To supply with customers.
(obsolete) To pay the customs of.
(obsolete) To have a custom.
:* On a bridge he custometh to fight. .
Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
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, title= Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self; bearing; habitual style.
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Customary method of acting; habit.
Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
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, chapter=6, title= The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
Certain degree or measure.
Sort; kind; style.
Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.
As nouns the difference between custom and manner
is that custom is frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing, living or behaving while manner is mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.As an adjective custom
is made in a different way from usual, specially to fit one's needs.As a verb custom
is to make familiar; to accustom.custom
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* fashion * habit * wone * practice * usage * wont * See also:Derived terms
* custom madeAdjective
(-)- My feet are as big as powerboats, so I need custom shoes.
Verb
(en verb)- (Gray)
- (Francis Bacon)
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Noun
(en noun)- The treacherous manner of his mournful death.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.}}
The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}