Difference between Common and Usual

What is the difference between Common and Usual?

Common as an adjective is mutual; shared by more than one. while Usual as an adjective is that which most commonly occurs.

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

Usual

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: That which most commonly occurs.

Example sentence: When I slept it was literally in the midst of an arsenal. If I heard dogs bark more fiercely than usual, or the feet of horses in a greater volume of sound than usual, I stood to arms.

We hope you now know whether to use Common or Usual in your sentence.

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