Difference between Common and Plebeian

What is the difference between Common and Plebeian?

Common as a noun is mutual good, shared by more than one. while Plebeian as a noun is one of the plebs, or common people of ancient rome, in distinction from patrician.

Common

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Mutual good, shared by more than one. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Mutual; shared by more than one. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity. Simple, ordinary or vulgar. In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns. Of or pertaining to uncapitalized nouns in English, i.e., common nouns vs. proper nouns vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name

Plebeian

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as plebeian sports;

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.One of the common people, or lower rank of men.

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