Habitat vs. Habit

Habitatnoun

Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.

Habitatnoun

A place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs.

Habitatnoun

A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.

Habitatnoun

A place in which a person lives.

Habitatnoun

The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.

Habitatnoun

Place where anything is commonly found.

Habitatnoun

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs;

Habitat

In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ecological niche.

Habitnoun

An action performed on a regular basis.

Habitnoun

An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.

Habitnoun

A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.

Habitnoun

A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.

Habitnoun

(archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress.

Habitnoun

Form of growth or general appearance of a variety or species of plant or crystal.

Habitnoun

An addiction.

Habitverb

(transitive) To clothe.

Habitverb

To inhabit.

Habitnoun

The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.

Habitnoun

The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism.

Habitnoun

Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior.

Habitnoun

Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit.

Habitnoun

The distinctive clothing worn commonly by nuns or monks; as, in the late 1900's many orders of nuns discarded their habits and began to dress as ordinary lay women.

Habitverb

To inhabit.

Habitverb

To dress; to clothe; to array.

Habitverb

To accustom; to habituate.

Habitnoun

an established custom;

Habitnoun

a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition;

Habitnoun

(religion) a distinctive attire (as the costume of a religious order)

Habitnoun

excessive use of drugs

Habitverb

put a habit on

Habitnoun

a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up

Habitnoun

an addictive practice, especially one of taking drugs

Habitnoun

an automatic reaction to a specific situation.

Habitnoun

general shape or mode of growth, especially of a plant or a mineral

Habitnoun

a long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order

Habitnoun

short for riding habit

Habitnoun

clothes

Habitnoun

a person's health or constitution

Habitverb

be dressed or clothed

Habit

A habit (or wont as a humorous and formal term) is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously.The American Journal of Psychology (1903) defined a Habitual behavior often goes unnoticed in persons exhibiting it, because a person does not need to engage in self-analysis when undertaking routine tasks. Habits are sometimes compulsory.