Common vs. Mutual — What's the Difference?

Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more; joint

Directed and received by each toward the other; reciprocal

Of or relating to the community as a whole; public

Having the same relationship to each other

Widespread; prevalent

Possessed in common

Occurring frequently or habitually; usual

Of, relating to, or in the form of mutual insurance.

Most widely known; ordinary

A mutual fund.

Having no special designation, status, or rank

Having the same relationship, each to each other.

Not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characteristics; average

Collective, done or held in common.

Of no special quality; standard

Reciprocal.

Of mediocre or inferior quality; second-rate

Possessed in common.

Unrefined or coarse in manner; vulgar

Owned by the members.

Either masculine or feminine in gender.

A mutual fund.

Representing one or all of the members of a class; not designating a unique entity.

A mutual organization.

Commons The common people; commonalty.

(internet) Either of a pair of people who follow each other's social media accounts.

The social class composed of commoners.

Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc.

The parliamentary representatives of this class.

Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual effort.

Commons The House of Commons.

Common to or shared by two or more parties;

A tract of land, usually in a centrally located spot, belonging to or used by a community as a whole

Concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return;

The legal right of a person to use the lands or waters of another, as for fishing.

Commons(used with a sing. verb) A building or hall for dining, typically at a university or college.

Common stock.

(Ecclesiastical) A service used for a particular class of festivals.

Mutual; shared by more than one.

Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.

Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.

Simple, ordinary or vulgar.

(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.

(grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.

Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.

(obsolete) Profane; polluted.

(obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.

Mutual good, shared by more than one.

A tract of land in common ownership; common land.

The people; the community.

(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.

(obsolete) To communicate (something).

(obsolete) To converse, talk.

(obsolete) To have sex.

(obsolete) To participate.

(obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.

(obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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.

Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.

Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; - often in a depreciatory sense.

Profane; polluted.

Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.

The people; the community.

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.

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.

To converse together; to discourse; to confer.

To participate.

To have a joint right with others in common ground.

To board together; to eat at a table in common.

A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;

Belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public;

Of no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual;

Common to or shared by two or more parties;

Commonly encountered;

Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language;

Of or associated with the great masses of people;

Of low or inferior quality or value;

Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste;

To be expected; standard;