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It depends on whether I'm practicing/trying to maintain callouses or just playing acoustic for the sake of hearing a different sound than I get out of an electric. If it's the latter, then I tend to use more complex chords (not to say that complex chords don't sound good on electric) and not play as many lead parts above the 15th fret.
Really, all guitars have their own vibe and I almost unconsciously adapt how I play to them...a while ago, I tried playing heavy Helmet-like grooves on a Rickenbacker 360 through a cheapo Crate solid state amp, and while it sounded OK, it just didn't feel right. I played more open, ringing types of lines (actually not that easy on a Ric due to the narrow fretboard and close string spacing) and sounded and felt better. In those days, my thing was to try and get heavy tones out of things that weren't really built for it, often with disappointing results. I've found that it's better to play to an instrument's strengths instead of forcing it to be something it's not.
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