Difference between Rare and Uncommon

What is the difference between Rare and Uncommon?

Rare as an adjective is very uncommon; scarce. while Uncommon as an adjective is rare; not readily found; unusual

Rare

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Very uncommon; scarce. Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To rear, rise up, start backwards. To rear, bring up, raise.

Example sentence: Simplicity - that's what I want. It's been a rare commodity for me for a number of years, but I enjoy being able to hang out with my girl, read the newspaper, and sit back and start to read a book by someone I admire, like Lawrence Krauss or Christopher Hitchens. And that's it - simplicity, where the game of Hollywood doesn't exist.

Uncommon

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: rare; not readily found; unusualremarkable; exceptional

Example sentence: Foul-ups in testing are not uncommon, especially when the test setup is being tried for the first time.

We hope you now know whether to use Rare or Uncommon in your sentence.

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