"Be used to something" or "get used to something"
What's the difference between those sentences? I can suppose that we use "get used to something" when we talk in perfect or future tenses, but I'm not sure. Could you please help me to find it out?

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I will try to help you with an example.

Before I lived in the city, I was not used to the constant noise of the traffic on the street outside my bedroom window.

I got used to this noise over several months. / After several months, I have now finally got/gotten used to it.

Now, I am used to this noise.

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Be used to something = to be familiar with something / to know something/someone well 
e.g. I am used to that kind of humour/music/food/sound, etc.

Get used to something = to be on your way to knowing something/someone better, to becoming more familiar with someone/something 
e.g. The adopted child is more relaxed and is now getting used to her new family.

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These are the same things but "get used to something" means that something is unusual but you are getting used to it, caphiche?

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