List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 179

SYNONYMS: habit, practice, custom, usage, use, wont.
These nouns denote patterns of behavior established by continual repetition.

Habit applies to a way of acting so ingrained in an individual that it is done without conscious thought: trying to break the smoking habit; has a habit of closing his eyes when he tells a story.
Practice denotes a customary, often chosen pattern of individual or group behavior: It is our practice to eat an early dinner. l find it a very good practice always to verify your references.
Custom is either individual or group behavior as established by long practice and especially by accepted conventions: No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom.
Usage refers to customary practice that has become an accepted standard for a group and thus regulates individual behavior: laws amended by acts of parliament and common usage.
Use and wont are terms for the customary and distinctive practice of an individual or a group: situations where the use and wont of their fathers no longer meet their necessities.