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Common vs. Vernacular — What's the Difference?

Common vs. Vernacular — What's the Difference?

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Common

Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more; joint
Common interests.

Vernacular

A vernacular or vernacular language refers to the language or dialect that is spoken by people that are inhabiting a particular country or region. The vernacular is typically the native language, normally spoken informally rather than written, and seen as of lower status than more codified forms.

Common

Of or relating to the community as a whole; public
For the common good.

Vernacular

The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region
He wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience

Common

Widespread; prevalent
Gas stations became common as the use of cars grew.
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Vernacular

Architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings
Buildings in which Gothic merged into farmhouse vernacular

Common

Occurring frequently or habitually; usual
It is common for movies to last 90 minutes or more.

Vernacular

(of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language.

Common

Most widely known; ordinary
The common housefly.

Vernacular

(of architecture) concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings
Vernacular buildings

Common

Having no special designation, status, or rank
A common sailor.

Vernacular

The everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from the literary language.

Common

Not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characteristics; average
The common spectator.

Vernacular

A variety of such everyday language specific to a social group or region
The vernaculars of New York City.

Common

Of no special quality; standard
Common procedure.

Vernacular

The specialized vocabulary of a particular trade, profession, or group
In the legal vernacular.

Common

Of mediocre or inferior quality; second-rate
Common cloth.

Vernacular

The common, nonscientific name of a plant or animal.

Common

Unrefined or coarse in manner; vulgar
Behavior that branded him as common.

Vernacular

Native to or commonly spoken by the members of a particular country or region.

Common

Either masculine or feminine in gender.

Vernacular

Using the native language of a region, especially as distinct from the literary language
A vernacular poet.

Common

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

Vernacular

Relating to or expressed in the native language or dialect.

Common

Commons The common people; commonalty.

Vernacular

Of or being an indigenous building style using local materials and traditional methods of construction and ornament, especially as distinguished from academic or historical architectural styles.

Common

The social class composed of commoners.

Vernacular

Occurring or existing in a particular locality; endemic
A vernacular disease.

Common

The parliamentary representatives of this class.

Vernacular

Relating to or designating the common, nonscientific name of a biological species.

Common

Commons The House of Commons.

Vernacular

The language of a people or a national language.
A vernacular of the United States is English.

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.

Vernacular

Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere.

Common

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

Vernacular

Language unique to a particular group of people.
For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language.

Common

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

Vernacular

A language lacking standardization or a written form.

Common

Common stock.

Vernacular

Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.
Vatican II allowed the celebration of the mass in the vernacular.

Common

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

Vernacular

(architecture) A style of architecture involving local building materials and styles, not imported.

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.

Vernacular

Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

Common

Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
It is common to find sharks off this coast.

Vernacular

Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature.
A vernacular disease

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.

Vernacular

(architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.

Common

Simple, ordinary or vulgar.

Vernacular

(art) Connected to a collective memory; not imported.

Common

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

Vernacular

Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; - now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language.
His skill in the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue.
Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted.

Common

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

Vernacular

The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality, opposed to literary or learned forms.

Common

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

Vernacular

A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);
They don't speak our lingo

Common

(obsolete) Profane; polluted.

Vernacular

The everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

Common

(obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.

Vernacular

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

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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