Typical vs Accustomed - What's the difference?
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Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.
Normal, average; to be expected.
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Familiar through use; usual; customary.
* An accustomed action - Shakespeare, Macbeth, V-v
Inured to; adapted to existing conditions.
(obsolete) Frequented by customers
* A well accustomed shop - Smollett
(accustom)
Typical is a related term of accustomed.
As adjectives the difference between typical and accustomed
is that typical is capturing the overall sense of a thing while accustomed is familiar through use; usual; customary.As a noun typical
is anything that is typical, normal, or standard.As a verb accustomed is
(accustom).typical
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Alternative forms
* typicall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* atypicalDerived terms
* typicality * typically * typicalnessSee also
* gestalt * gist * resemblance * emblematic * prefigurative * distinctiveNoun
(en noun)- Antipsychotic drugs can be divided into typicals and atypicals.
- Among the moths, typicals were more common than melanics.
External links
* *accustomed
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Adjective
(en adjective)- accustomed to walking long distances
- accustomed to cold