Style vs Custom - What's the difference?
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A manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one.
* Chesterfield
* C. Middleton
* I. Disraeli
* Sir J. Reynolds
flair; grace; fashionable skill
(botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post.
A traditional or legal term used to address a person who holds a title or post.
* Burke
(nonstandard) A stylus.
(obsolete) A pen; an author's pen.
A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
A long, slender, bristle-like process.
The pin, or gnomon, of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
(computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as bold or italic.
To create or give a style, fashion or image.
To call or give a name or title.
* 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility , chapter 10
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. .
Style is a related term of custom.
As verbs the difference between style and custom
is that style is while custom is (obsolete|transitive) to make familiar; to accustom.As adjectives the difference between style and custom
is that style is elegant, stylish while custom is made in a different way from usual, specially to fit one's needs.As a noun 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.style
English
Noun
(en noun)- Style is the dress of thoughts.
- the usual style of dedications
- It is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work.
- The ornamental style also possesses its own peculiar merit.
- As a dancer, he has a lot of style .
- the style of Majesty
- one style to a gracious benefactor, another to a proud, insulting foe
- (Dryden)
- the anal styles of insects
- applying styles to text in a wordprocessor
- Cascading Style Sheets
Derived terms
* stylish * stylist * hairstyle * style guide * style manualSee also
* substanceVerb
(styl)- Marianne’s preserver, as Margaret, with more elegance than precision, stiled (SIC) Willoughby, called at the cottage early the next morning to make his personal inquiries.
Anagrams
----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)