different between wonted vs traditional

English

Etymology

From Middle English woonted (“usual, customary”), from wont (“custom, habit, practice”), alteration of wone (“custom, habit, practice”), from Old English wuna (“custom, habit, practice; usual, wonted”), from Proto-Germanic *wunô (“custom, practice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Old Frisian wona, wuna (“custom”), Old High German giwona (“custom”). More at wont, wone.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?wo?nt?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w??nt?d/, /?w??nt?d/

Adjective

wonted (comparative more wonted, superlative most wonted)

1. Usual, customary, habitual, or accustomed.
   • 1836, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz: illustrative of every-day life and every-day people:

     Rose Villa has once again resumed its wonted appearance; the dining-room furniture has been replaced; the tables are as nicely polished as formerly; the horsehair chairs are ranged against the wall, as regularly as ever [...]

   • 1889, William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes

     Superficially, the affairs of 'Every Other Week' settled into their wonted form again, and for Fulkerson they seemed thoroughly reinstated.

   • 2008 (tr.?), Lodovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso

     But not with wonted welcome;—inly moved [...]

Related terms

• wont
• wontedly
• wone

Translations

Anagrams

• towned

English

Etymology

tradition +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???d???n?l/, /t???d??n?l/

Adjective

traditional (comparative more traditional, superlative most traditional)

1. Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.

   This dance is one of the traditional customs in the area.

   I think her traditional values are antiquated.

2. Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.

   traditional expositions of the Scriptures.

3. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
4. In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
5. Relating to traditional Chinese.

   Coordinate term: simplified

Synonyms

• traditionary

Antonyms

• nontraditional, non-traditional
• untraditional

Derived terms

• traditionalism
• traditionalist
• traditionally

Related terms

• tradition

Translations

Noun

traditional (plural traditionals)

1. A person with traditional beliefs.
2. (informal, uncountable) Short for traditional Chinese.

   Coordinate term: simplified

3. (informal, uncountable) Short for traditional art (“art produced with real physical media”).

   Coordinate term: digital

4. (informal, uncountable, music) Short for traditional grip.

   Coordinate term: matched