Custom vs. Culture

Customnoun

Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.

Customnoun

Traditional beliefs or rituals

Customnoun

Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.

Customnoun

(legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.

Customnoun

(obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.

Customnoun

The customary toll, tax, or tribute.

Customadjective

Created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made

Customadjective

Own, personal, not standard or premade

Customadjective

(archaic) accustomed; usual

Customverb

To make familiar; to accustom.

Customverb

To supply with customers.

Customverb

To pay the customs of.

Customverb

To have a custom.

Customnoun

Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

Customnoun

Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.

Customnoun

Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.

Customnoun

Familiar aquaintance; familiarity.

Customnoun

The customary toll, tax, or tribute.

Customnoun

Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.

Customverb

To make familiar; to accustom.

Customverb

To supply with customers.

Customverb

To have a custom.

Customverb

To pay the customs of.

Customnoun

accepted or habitual practice

Customnoun

a specific practice of long standing

Customnoun

money collected under a tariff

Customnoun

habitual patronage;

Customadjective

made according to the specifications of an individual

Customnoun

a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time

Customnoun

a thing that one does habitually

Customnoun

established usage having the force of law or right.

Customnoun

regular dealings with a shop or business by customers

Customadjective

made or done to order; custom-made

Culturenoun

the arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation

Culturenoun

the beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life

Culturenoun

(anthropology) any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings

Culturenoun

(botany) cultivation

Culturenoun

(microbiology) the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium

Culturenoun

the growth thus produced

Culturenoun

the collective noun for a group of bacteria

Culturenoun

(cartography) the details on a map that do not represent natural features of the area delineated, such as names and the symbols for towns, roads, meridians, and parallels

Cultureverb

(transitive) to maintain in an environment suitable for growth especially of bacteria cultivate}}

Cultureverb

(transitive) to increase the artistic or scientific interest in something cultivate}}

Culturenoun

The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

Culturenoun

The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind.

Culturenoun

The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.

Culturenoun

The cultivation of bacteria or other organisms (such as fungi or eukaryotic cells from mulitcellular organisms) in artificial media or under artificial conditions.

Culturenoun

Those details of a map, collectively, which do not represent natural features of the area delineated, as names and the symbols for towns, roads, houses, bridges, meridians, and parallels.

Cultureverb

To cultivate; to educate.

Culturenoun

a particular society at a particular time and place;

Culturenoun

the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group

Culturenoun

all the knowledge and values shared by a society

Culturenoun

(biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar);

Culturenoun

(bacteriology) the product of cultivating micro-organisms in a nutrient medium

Culturenoun

a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality;

Culturenoun

the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization;

Culturenoun

the raising of plants or animals;

Culture

Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization, which is shown by the diversity of cultures across societies. A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group.