Accustomed vs Acclimated - What's the difference?
accustomed | acclimated |
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)
accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment
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(acclimate)
As adjectives the difference between accustomed and acclimated
is that accustomed is familiar through use; usual; customary while acclimated is accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment.As verbs the difference between accustomed and acclimated
is that accustomed is past tense of accustom while acclimated is past tense of acclimate.accustomed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- accustomed to walking long distances
- accustomed to cold
Verb
(head)acclimated
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Sequels to fish-out-of-water comedies make progressively less sense the longer a series continues. By the time Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles rolled around in 2001, 15 years after the first Crocodile Dundee became a surprise blockbuster, the title character had been given an awfully long time to grow acclimated to those kooky Americans}}