Common vs. Same

Commonadjective

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.’;

Sameadjective

Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.

‘Are you the same person who phoned me yesterday?’; ‘I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force.’; ‘Even if the twins are identical, they are still not the same person, unlike Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens.’; ‘Peter and Anna went to the same high school: the high school to which Peter went is the high school to which Anna went.’;

Commonadjective

Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.

‘It is common to find sharks off this coast.’;

Sameadjective

Similar, alike.

‘You have the same hair I do!’;

Commonadjective

Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.

‘Sharks are common in these waters.’;

Sameadjective

Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.

‘Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day.’; ‘We were all going in the same direction.’;

Commonadjective

Simple, ordinary or vulgar.

Sameadjective

A reply of confirmation of identity.

Commonadjective

(grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.

Samepronoun

The identical thing, ditto.

‘The same can be said of him.’; ‘It's the same everywhere.’;

Commonadjective

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

Samepronoun

Something similar, something of the identical type.

‘She's having apple pie? I'll have the same.’; ‘You two are just the same.’;

Commonadjective

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

Samepronoun

It or them, without a connotation of similarity.

‘The question is his credibility or lack of same.’; ‘Light valve suspensions and films containing UV absorbers and light valves containing the same (US Patent 5,467,217)’; ‘Methods of selectively distributing data in a computer network and systems using the same (US Patent 7,191,208)’;

Commonadjective

(obsolete) Profane; polluted.

Samepronoun

It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.

‘My picture/photography blog...kindly give me your reviews on the same.’;

Commonadjective

(obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.

Sameinterjection

(Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.

Commonnoun

Mutual good, shared by more than one.

Sameadverb

Together.

Commonnoun

A tract of land in common ownership; common land.

Sameadjective

Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.

‘Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.’;

Commonnoun

The people; the community.

Sameadjective

Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.

‘The ethereal vigor is in all the same.’;

Commonnoun

(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.

Sameadjective

Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.

‘What ye know, the same do I know.’; ‘Do but think how well the same he spends,Who spends his blood his country to relieve.’; ‘Bees like the same odors as we do.’; ‘[He] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend.’;

Commonverb

(obsolete) To communicate (something).

Sameadjective

same in identity;

‘the same man I saw yesterday’; ‘never wore the same dress twice’; ‘this road is the same one we were on yesterday’; ‘on the same side of the street’;

Commonverb

(obsolete) To converse, talk.

Sameadjective

closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree;

‘curtains the same color as the walls’; ‘two girls of the same age’; ‘mother and son have the same blue eyes’; ‘animals of the same species’; ‘the same rules as before’; ‘two boxes having the same dimensions’; ‘the same day next year’;

Commonverb

(obsolete) To have sex.

Sameadjective

equal in amount or value;

‘like amounts’; ‘equivalent amounts’; ‘the same amount’; ‘gave one six blows and the other a like number’; ‘an equal number’; ‘the same number’;

Commonverb

(obsolete) To participate.

Sameadjective

unchanged in character or nature;

‘the village stayed the same’; ‘his attitude is the same as ever’;

Commonverb

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

Sameadverb

in the same manner;

‘you get treated fairly, same as any other student in this course!’;

Commonverb

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

Commonadjective

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.’;

Commonadjective

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.’;

Commonadjective

Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.

‘Grief more than common grief.’;

Commonadjective

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.’;

Commonadjective

Profane; polluted.

‘What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.’;

Commonadjective

Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.

‘A dame who herself was common.’;

Commonnoun

The people; the community.

Commonnoun

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.

Commonnoun

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.

Commonverb

To converse together; to discourse; to confer.

‘Embassadors were sent upon both parts, and divers means of entreaty were commoned of.’;

Commonverb

To participate.

Commonverb

To have a joint right with others in common ground.

Commonverb

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

Commonnoun

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

‘they went for a walk in the park’;

Commonadjective

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’;

Commonadjective

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’;

Commonadjective

common to or shared by two or more parties;

‘a common friend’; ‘the mutual interests of management and labor’;

Commonadjective

commonly encountered;

‘a common (or familiar) complaint’; ‘the usual greeting’;

Commonadjective

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’;

Commonadjective

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’;

Commonadjective

of low or inferior quality or value;

‘of what coarse metal ye are molded’; ‘produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population’;

Commonadjective

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’;

Commonadjective

to be expected; standard;

‘common decency’;