Trend vs. Custom — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Trend and Custom
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Trend
A general tendency or course of events
A warming trend.
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
Trend
Current style; vogue
The latest trend in fashion.
Custom
Regular dealings with a shop or business by customers
If you keep me waiting, I will take my custom elsewhere
Trend
The general direction of something
The river's southern trend.
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Custom
Made or done to order; custom-made
A custom guitar
Trend
To show a general tendency; tend
The magazine's circulation is trending downward.
Custom
A traditional practice or usual way of doing something followed by a social group or people.
Trend
To undergo a rapid increase in public interest or attention
News of the earthquake is trending on social media.
Custom
The tradition or body of such practices
The respect that is by custom accorded to the king.
Trend
To extend, incline, or veer in a specified direction
The prevailing wind trends northeast.
Custom
A habitual practice of a person
My custom of reading a little before sleep.
Trend
An inclination in a particular direction.
The trend of a coastline
The upward trend of stock-market prices
Custom
Habitual manner or practice
I am not by custom a coffee drinker.
Trend
A tendency.
There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.
Custom
(Law) A common tradition or usage so long established that it has the force or validity of law.
Trend
A fad or fashion style.
Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s.
Custom
Habitual patronage, as of a store
Tried to obtain the custom of the wealthiest shoppers.
Trend
(mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
Custom
Duties or taxes imposed on imported and, less commonly, exported goods.
Trend
(nautical) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
Custom
(used with a sing. verb) The governmental agency authorized to collect these duties.
Trend
(nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
Custom
(used with a sing. verb) The place where goods and baggage entering a country are inspected by this agency
Go through customs.
Trend
Clean wool.
Custom
Tribute, service, or rent paid by a feudal tenant to a lord.
Trend
(intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
Custom
Made to order
Custom suits.
Trend
(transitive) To cause to turn; to bend.
Custom
Specializing in the making or selling of made-to-order goods
A custom tailor.
Trend
To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
What topics have been trending on social networks this week?
Custom
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
Trend
To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).
Custom
Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.
Trend
To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
Custom
(collectively) The habitual patrons (i.e. customers) of a business; business support.
Trend
To cause to turn; to bend.
Not far beneath i' the valley as she trendsHer silver stream.
Custom
(legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.
Trend
To cleanse, as wool.
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.
Trend
Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.
Custom
A custom (made-to-order) piece of art, pornography, etc.
Trend
Clean wool.
Custom
(obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
Trend
A general direction in which something tends to move;
The shoreward tendency of the current
The trend of the stock market
Custom
Toll, tax, or tribute.
Trend
General line of orientation;
The river takes a southern course
The northeastern trend of the coast
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.
Trend
A general tendency to change (as of opinion);
Not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
A broad movement of the electorate to the right
Custom
Own, personal, not standard or premade.
We can embroider a wide range of ready designs or a custom logo.
Trend
The popular taste at a given time;
Leather is the latest vogue
He followed current trends
The 1920s had a style of their own
Custom
(archaic) Accustomed; usual.
Trend
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly;
The car cut to the left at the intersection
The motorbike veered to the right
Custom
To make familiar; to accustom.
Custom
To supply with customers.
Custom
To pay the customs of.
Custom
To have a custom.
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.
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.
Custom
Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
Custom
Familiar aquaintance; familiarity.
Age can not wither her, nor custom staleHer infinite variety.
Custom
The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom.
Custom
Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.
Custom
To make familiar; to accustom.
Custom
To supply with customers.
Custom
To have a custom.
On a bridge he custometh to fight.
Custom
To pay the customs of.
Custom
Accepted or habitual practice
Custom
A specific practice of long standing
Custom
Money collected under a tariff
Custom
Habitual patronage;
I have given this tailor my custom for many years
Custom
Made according to the specifications of an individual
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