Inveterated vs Habitual - What's the difference?
inveterated | habitual |
(medicine, of an injury or condition) No longer fresh or recent.
* 1859 , Emil Noeggerath, Contributions to midwifery, and diseases of women and children , page 361:
* 1996 , C. Gerber et al., "Latissimus dorsi transfer for the treatment of irreparable tears of the rotator cuff", in The Cuff , ISBN 2906077844, page 366:
* 2000 , W.A. Grana, "Acute Ankle Injuries" in The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine , ISBN 0632037857, page 236:
(inveterate)
Behaving in a regular manner, as a habit.
Recurring, or that is performed over and over again.
Regular or usual.
As adjectives the difference between inveterated and habitual
is that inveterated is no longer fresh or recent while habitual is behaving in a regular manner, as a habit.As a verb inveterated
is past tense of inveterate.inveterated
English
Adjective
(-)- "... herb, and extr. bellad. aa. gr. 4, 2, 3, or 4 times a day, was generally successful, even in inveterated cases."
- "One case had to undergo re-operation because of severe subscapularis deficiency after repair of a complete, inveterated tear. "
- "This is, in fact, the same principle shown by Stener (1962) in his study of inveterated ruptures of the ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb,..."
Verb
(head)habitual
English
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 .