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What are the differences between them? They all indicate doing something regularly throughout time and space.

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  • habit
    The way an individual does things on a regular base. Example: Smoking is a bad habit.
  • custom
    The long-established tradition of an entire society. Example: Kissing a friend's cheek is a French custom, but not done in Saudi Arabia.
  • practice
    Similar to "habit", but normally positive, often with an undertone of professionality or praising an effort.
  • convention
    Set of (unwritten or explicit) rules agreed upon within a group (applied to "people with common interests", not a "society"). Example: Programmers use coding conventions to ensure easier readability of each other's code.

(Please note: I'm dealing with the synonymous menaings only.)

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