Conventional vs. Traditional
Difference Between Conventional and Traditional
Conventionaladjective
Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary
conventional symbols.a conventional form of address.Traditionaladjective
Of, relating to, or in accord with tradition
a traditional wedding ceremony.Conventionaladjective
Conforming to established practice or accepted standards; traditional
a conventional church wedding.Traditionaladjective
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.Conventionaladjective
Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.
Traditionaladjective
Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.
traditional expositions of the Scriptures.Conventionaladjective
Unimaginative; conformist
longed to escape from their conventional, bourgeois lives.Traditionaladjective
Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
Conventionaladjective
Represented, as in a work of art, in simplified or abstract form.
Traditionaladjective
In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
Conventionaladjective
(Law) Based on consent or agreement; contractual.
Traditionaladjective
Relating to traditional Chinese.
The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.Conventionaladjective
Of, relating to, or resembling an assembly.
Traditionalnoun
A person with traditional beliefs.
Conventionaladjective
Using means other than nuclear energy
conventional power plants.Traditionaladjective
consisting of or derived from tradition;
traditional historytraditional moralityConventionaladjective
Using means other than nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons
conventional warfare.Traditionaladjective
pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines;
the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanishedConventionaladjective
Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
Conventionaladjective
Ordinary, commonplace.
They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.Conventionaladjective
Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
Conventionaladjective
(weapons) Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
Conventionaladjective
(agriculture) Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
Conventionaladjective
(bridge) In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.
Conventionalnoun
(finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.
Conventionaladjective
following accepted customs and proprieties;
conventional wisdomshe had strayed from the path of conventional behaviorconventional forms of addressunconventional life stylesConventionaladjective
conforming with accepted standards;
a conventional view of the worldConventionaladjective
(weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or destruction;
conventional warfareconventional weaponsConventionaladjective
unimaginative and conformist;
conventional bourgeois livesconventional attitudesConventionaladjective
represented in simplified or symbolic form
Conventionaladjective
in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past;
a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional whitethe conventional handshakeConventionaladjective
rigidly formal or bound by convention;
their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt
