Custom vs. Practice — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Custom and Practice
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Custom
A traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time
Custom demanded that a person should have gifts for the child
The old English custom of dancing round the maypole
Practice
The actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to it
The principles and practice of teaching
The recommendations proved too expensive to put into practice
Custom
Regular dealings with a shop or business by customers
If you keep me waiting, I will take my custom elsewhere
Practice
The customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing of something
Modern child-rearing practices
Product placement is common practice in American movies
Custom
Made or done to order; custom-made
A custom guitar
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Practice
Repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it
It must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent
Custom
A traditional practice or usual way of doing something followed by a social group or people.
Practice
US spelling of practise
Custom
The tradition or body of such practices
The respect that is by custom accorded to the king.
Practice
To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of
Practices courtesy in social situations.
Custom
A habitual practice of a person
My custom of reading a little before sleep.
Practice
To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill
Practice a dance step.
Custom
Habitual manner or practice
I am not by custom a coffee drinker.
Practice
To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill
Practiced the students in handwriting.
Custom
(Law) A common tradition or usage so long established that it has the force or validity of law.
Practice
To work at, especially as a profession
Practice law.
Custom
Habitual patronage, as of a store
Tried to obtain the custom of the wealthiest shoppers.
Practice
To carry out in action; observe
Practices a religion piously.
Custom
Duties or taxes imposed on imported and, less commonly, exported goods.
Practice
(Obsolete) To plot (something evil).
Custom
(used with a sing. verb) The governmental agency authorized to collect these duties.
Practice
To do something repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill
With any musical instrument, you need to practice to get better.
Custom
(used with a sing. verb) The place where goods and baggage entering a country are inspected by this agency
Go through customs.
Practice
To work at a profession
How long has that lawyer been practicing?.
Custom
Tribute, service, or rent paid by a feudal tenant to a lord.
Practice
To do or perform something habitually or repeatedly
Why not practice in the same manner that you preach?.
Custom
Made to order
Custom suits.
Practice
(Archaic) To intrigue or plot.
Custom
Specializing in the making or selling of made-to-order goods
A custom tailor.
Practice
A habitual or customary action or way of doing something
Makes a practice of being punctual.
Custom
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
Practice
Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill
Practice will make you a good musician.
Custom
Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.
Practice
A session of preparation or performance undertaken to acquire or polish a skill
Goes to piano practice weekly.
Scheduled a soccer practice for Saturday.
Custom
(collectively) The habitual patrons (i.e. customers) of a business; business support.
Practice
(Archaic) The skill so learned or perfected.
Custom
(legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.
Practice
The condition of being skilled through repeated exercise
Out of practice.
Custom
Traditional beliefs or rituals.
The Ancient Egyptian culture had many distinctive and interesting beliefs and customs; one custom was the mummification of the dead.
Practice
The act or process of doing something; performance or action
A theory that is difficult to put into practice.
Custom
A custom (made-to-order) piece of art, pornography, etc.
Practice
Exercise of an occupation or profession
The practice of law.
Custom
(obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
Practice
The business of a professional person
An obstetrician with her own practice.
Custom
Toll, tax, or tribute.
Practice
A habitual or customary action or act
That company engages in questionable business practices. Facial tattooing is a standard practice among certain peoples.
Custom
Created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made.
My feet are very large, so I need custom shoes.
Practice
(Law) The procedure for trial of cases in a court of law, usually specified by rules.
Custom
Own, personal, not standard or premade.
We can embroider a wide range of ready designs or a custom logo.
Practice
The act of tricking or scheming, especially with malicious intent.
Custom
(archaic) Accustomed; usual.
Practice
A trick, scheme, or intrigue.
Custom
To make familiar; to accustom.
Practice
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.
Custom
To supply with customers.
Practice
An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
Being on a team is hard: you're always having to go to practice while everyone else is taking it easy.
I have choir practice every Sunday after church.
Custom
To pay the customs of.
Practice
The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
Custom
To have a custom.
Practice
(countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
She ran a thriving medical practice.
Custom
Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
And teach customs which are not lawful.
Moved beyond his custom, Gama said.
A customMore honored in the breach than the observance.
Practice
The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
Custom
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.
Practice
A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
It is the usual practice of employees there to wear neckties only when meeting with customers.
It is good practice to check each door and window before leaving.
Custom
Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
Practice
Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
That may work in theory, but will it work in practice?
Custom
Familiar aquaintance; familiarity.
Age can not wither her, nor custom staleHer infinite variety.
Practice
(legal) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.
This firm of solicitors is involved in family law practice.
Custom
The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom.
Practice
Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
Custom
Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.
Practice
(math) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
Custom
To make familiar; to accustom.
Practice
(US) practise
Custom
To supply with customers.
Practice
Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise.
A heart . . . exercised with covetous practices.
Custom
To have a custom.
On a bridge he custometh to fight.
Practice
Customary or constant use; state of being used.
Obsolete words may be revived when they are more sounding or more significant than those in practice.
Custom
To pay the customs of.
Practice
Skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness.
Custom
Accepted or habitual practice
Practice
Actual performance; application of knowledge; - opposed to theory.
There are two functions of the soul, - contemplation and practice.
There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice; each, to a certain extent, supposes the other; theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory.
Custom
A specific practice of long standing
Practice
Systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music.
Custom
Money collected under a tariff
Practice
Application of science to the wants of men; the exercise of any profession; professional business; as, the practice of medicine or law; a large or lucrative practice.
Practice is exercise of an art, or the application of a science in life, which application is itself an art.
Custom
Habitual patronage;
I have given this tailor my custom for many years
Practice
Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; - usually in a bad sense.
He sought to have that by practice which he could not by prayer.
Custom
Made according to the specifications of an individual
Practice
A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
Practice
The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.
Practice
To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming.
Practice
To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine.
Practice
To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music.
Practice
To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
As this advice ye practice or neglect.
Practice
To make use of; to employ.
In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her.
Practice
To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practiced to love their neighbor.
Practice
To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano.
Practice
To learn by practice; to form a habit.
They shall practice how to live secure.
Practice first over yourself to reign.
Practice
To try artifices or stratagems.
He will practice against thee by poison.
Practice
To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law.
[I am] little inclined to practice on others, and as little that others should practice on me.
Practice
A customary way of operation or behavior;
It is their practice to give annual raises
They changed their dietary pattern
Practice
Systematic training by multiple repetitions;
Practice makes perfect
Practice
Translating an idea into action;
A hard theory to put into practice
Differences between theory and praxis of communism
Practice
The exercise of a profession;
The practice of the law
I took over his practice when he retired
Practice
Knowledge of how something is usually done;
It is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner
Practice
Learn by repetition;
We drilled French verbs every day
Pianists practice scales
Practice
Avail oneself to;
Apply a principle
Practice a religion
Use care when going down the stairs
Use your common sense
Practice non-violent resistance
Practice
Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions;
Practice law
Practice
Engage in a rehearsal (of)
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