Common vs. Frequent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Common and Frequent
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Common
Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more; joint
Common interests.
Frequent
Occurring or appearing quite often or at close intervals
Frequent errors of judgment.
Common
Of or relating to the community as a whole; public
For the common good.
Frequent
Habitual or regular
A frequent visitor to our house.
Common
Widespread; prevalent
Gas stations became common as the use of cars grew.
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Frequent
To pay frequent visits to; be in or at often
Frequent a restaurant.
Common
Occurring frequently or habitually; usual
It is common for movies to last 90 minutes or more.
Frequent
Done or occurring often; common.
I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
There are frequent trains to the beach available.
I am a frequent visitor to that city.
Common
Most widely known; ordinary
The common housefly.
Frequent
Occurring at short intervals.
Common
Having no special designation, status, or rank
A common sailor.
Frequent
Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
Common
Not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characteristics; average
The common spectator.
Frequent
(obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
Common
Of no special quality; standard
Common procedure.
Frequent
(obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
Common
Of mediocre or inferior quality; second-rate
Common cloth.
Frequent
(transitive) To visit often.
I used to frequent that restaurant.
Common
Unrefined or coarse in manner; vulgar
Behavior that branded him as common.
Frequent
Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits.
Common
Either masculine or feminine in gender.
Frequent
Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government.
Common
Representing one or all of the members of a class; not designating a unique entity.
Frequent
Full; crowded; thronged.
'T is Cæsar's will to have a frequent senate.
Common
Commons The common people; commonalty.
Frequent
Often or commonly reported.
'T is frequent in the city he hath subduedThe Catti and the Daci.
Common
The social class composed of commoners.
Frequent
To visit often; to resort to often or habitually; as, to frequent a tavern.
He frequented the court of Augustus.
Common
The parliamentary representatives of this class.
Frequent
To make full; to fill.
With their sighs the airFrequenting, sent from hearts contrite.
Common
Commons The House of Commons.
Frequent
Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Common
A tract of land, usually in a centrally located spot, belonging to or used by a community as a whole
A band concert on the village common.
Frequent
Be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place;
She haunts the ballet
Common
The legal right of a person to use the lands or waters of another, as for fishing.
Frequent
Coming at short intervals or habitually;
A frequent guest
Frequent complaints
Common
Commons(used with a sing. verb) A building or hall for dining, typically at a university or college.
Frequent
Frequently encountered;
A frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'
Common
Common stock.
Common
(Ecclesiastical) A service used for a particular class of festivals.
Common
Mutual; shared by more than one.
The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.
Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.
Common
Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
It is common to find sharks off this coast.
Common
Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
Commoner used to be commoner, but more common is now more common.
Sharks are common in these waters.
It differs from the common blackbird in the size of its beak.
Common
Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
Common
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
Common
(grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
Common
Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
Common
(obsolete) Profane; polluted.
Common
(obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
Common
Mutual good, shared by more than one.
Common
A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
Common
The people; the community.
Common
(legal) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
Common
(obsolete) To communicate (something).
Common
(obsolete) To converse, talk.
Common
(obsolete) To have sex.
Common
(obsolete) To participate.
Common
(obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
Common
(obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.
Common
Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.
Though life and sense be common to men and brutes.
Common
Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer.
Such actions as the common good requireth.
The common enemy of man.
Common
Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.
Grief more than common grief.
Common
Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; - often in a depreciatory sense.
The honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life.
This fact was infamousAnd ill beseeming any common man,Much more a knight, a captain and a leader.
Above the vulgar flight of common souls.
Common
Profane; polluted.
What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Common
Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.
A dame who herself was common.
Common
The people; the community.
Common
An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number of persons.
Common
The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; - so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
Common
To converse together; to discourse; to confer.
Embassadors were sent upon both parts, and divers means of entreaty were commoned of.
Common
To participate.
Common
To have a joint right with others in common ground.
Common
To board together; to eat at a table in common.
Common
A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
They went for a walk in the park
Common
Belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public;
For the common good
Common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community
Common
Of no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual;
The common man
A common sailor
The common cold
A common nuisance
Followed common procedure
It is common knowledge that she lives alone
The common housefly
A common brand of soap
Common
Common to or shared by two or more parties;
A common friend
The mutual interests of management and labor
Common
Commonly encountered;
A common (or familiar) complaint
The usual greeting
Common
Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language;
Common parlance
A vernacular term
Vernacular speakers
The vulgar tongue of the masses
The technical and vulgar names for an animal species
Common
Of or associated with the great masses of people;
The common people in those days suffered greatly
Behavior that branded him as common
His square plebeian nose
A vulgar and objectionable person
The unwashed masses
Common
Of low or inferior quality or value;
Of what coarse metal ye are molded
Produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population
Common
Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste;
He had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
Behavior that branded him as common
An untutored and uncouth human being
An uncouth soldier--a real tough guy
Appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
The vulgar display of the newly rich
Common
To be expected; standard;
Common decency
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