Synonym Study

• Wont is a literary or somewhat archaic equivalent for practice it was his wont to rise early
• Usage refers to custom or practice that has become sanctioned through being long established the meanings of words are established by usage
• Custom applies to any act or procedure carried on by tradition and often enforced by social disapproval of any violation the custom of dressing for dinner
• Practice also implies the regular repetition of an act but does not suggest that it is automatic the practice of reading in bed
• Habit refers to an act repeated so often by an individual that it has become automatic with him his habit of tugging at his ear in perplexity