Habitual vs Trite - What's the difference?
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Behaving in a regular manner, as a habit.
Recurring, or that is performed over and over again.
Regular or usual.
Worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).
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A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.
Habitual is a related term of trite.
As adjectives the difference between habitual and trite
is that habitual is behaving in a regular manner, as a habit while trite is worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).As a noun trite is
a denomination of coinage in ancient greece equivalent to one third of a stater.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
* habituallytrite
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
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- McPedro the cactus: How to woo a woman! On yehr fahrst date, don’t bring her cut flowers! That’s inhumane! And trite !
