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Accustomed vs. Inured — What's the Difference?

Accustomed vs. Inured — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Accustomed and Inured

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Accustomed

Being in the habit
I am accustomed to sleeping late.

Inured

To habituate to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection; accustom
"Though the food became no more palatable, he soon became sufficiently inured to it" (John Barth).

Accustomed

Having been adapted to the existing environment and conditions
Eyes not accustomed to desert sun.

Inured

Simple past tense and past participle of inure

Accustomed

Frequently practiced, used, or experienced; customary
Answered with his accustomed modesty.
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Inured

Made tough by habitual exposure;
Hardened fishermen
A peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured
Our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men

Accustomed

(of a person) Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions.
I am not accustomed to walking long distances
She is getting more and more accustomed to the cold

Accustomed

(of a thing, condition, activity, etc.) Familiar through use; usual; customary.

Accustomed

(obsolete) Frequented by customers.

Accustomed

Simple past tense and past participle of accustom

Accustomed

Familiar through use; usual; customary.

Accustomed

Frequented by customers.

Accustomed

(often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to;
Accustomed to doing her own work
I've grown accustomed to her face

Accustomed

Commonly used or practiced; usual;
His accustomed thoroughness
Took his customary morning walk
His habitual comment
With her wonted candor

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