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Habituate vs Acculture - What's the difference?

habituate | acculture |

Acculture is a synonym of habituate.



As verbs the difference between habituate and acculture

is that habituate is to make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize while acculture is to familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant.

habituate

English

Verb

(habituat)
  • To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
  • * Sir K. Digby
  • our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime
  • * Tillotson
  • Men are first corrupted and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices.
  • To settle as an inhabitant.
  • Synonyms

    * accustom * inure

    acculture

    English

    Verb

    (accultur)
  • To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant
  • I accultured''' myself very easily when I moved from Chile to Brazil; Portuguese, being similar to Spanish, was easy to learn. It might have been harder to '''acculture to life in Hong Kong.