The difference between Custom and Tax
When used as nouns, custom means frequent repetition of the same behavior, whereas tax means money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.
When used as verbs, custom means to make familiar, whereas tax means to impose and collect a tax from (a person).
Custom is also adjective with the meaning: created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made.
check bellow for the other definitions of Custom and Tax
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Custom as a noun:
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
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Custom as a noun:
Traditional beliefs or rituals
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Custom as a noun:
Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
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Custom as a noun (legal):
Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
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Custom as a noun (obsolete):
Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
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Custom as a noun:
The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
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Custom as an adjective:
Created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made
Examples:
"My feet are as big as powerboats, so I need custom shoes."
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Custom as an adjective:
Own, personal, not standard or premade
Examples:
"We can embroider a wide range of ready designs or a custom logo."
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Custom as an adjective (archaic):
accustomed; usual
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Custom as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To make familiar; to accustom.
Examples:
"rfquotek Gray"
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Custom as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To supply with customers.
Examples:
"rfquotek Francis Bacon"
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Custom as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To pay the customs of.
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Custom as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To have a custom.
Examples:
"* On a bridge he custometh to fight. ''[[w:Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser]]''."
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Tax as a noun:
Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.
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Tax as a noun:
A burdensome demand.
Examples:
"a heavy tax on time or health"
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Tax as a noun:
A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
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Tax as a noun (obsolete):
charge; censure
Examples:
"rfquotek Clarendon"
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Tax as a noun (obsolete):
A lesson to be learned.
Examples:
"rfquotek Johnson"
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Tax as a verb (transitive):
To impose and collect a tax from (a person).
Examples:
"Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest."
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Tax as a verb (transitive):
To impose and collect a tax on (something).
Examples:
"Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector."
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Tax as a verb (transitive):
To make excessive demands on.