Habitual vs Habituated - What's the difference?
habitual | habituated |
Behaving in a regular manner, as a habit.
Recurring, or that is performed over and over again.
Regular or usual.
(habituate)
To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
* Sir K. Digby
* Tillotson
To settle as an inhabitant.
As an adjective habitual
is behaving in a regular manner, as a habit.As a verb habituated is
past tense of habituate.habitual
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Alternative forms
* habituall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He's a habitual chainsmoker .
- Her habitual lying was the reason for my mistrust .
- Professor Franklein took his habitual seat at the conference table .
Derived terms
* habituallyhabituated
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Verb
(head)habituate
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Verb
(habituat)- our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime
- Men are first corrupted and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices.
