The difference between Common and Epicene

Common as an adjective:

Mutual; shared by more than one.

Common as an adjective:

Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.

Common as an adjective:

Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.

Common as an adjective:

Simple, ordinary or vulgar.

Common as an adjective (grammar):

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

Common as an adjective (grammar):

Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.

Common as an adjective:

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

Common as an adjective (obsolete):

Profane; polluted.

Common as an adjective (obsolete):

Given to lewd habits; prostitute.

Common as a noun:

Mutual good, shared by more than one.

Common as a noun:

A tract of land in common ownership; common land.

Common as a noun:

The people; the community.

Common as a noun (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 as a verb (obsolete):

To communicate (something).

Common as a verb (obsolete):

To converse, talk.

Common as a verb (obsolete):

To have sex.

Common as a verb (obsolete):

To participate.

Common as a verb (obsolete):

To have a joint right with others in common ground.

Common as a verb (obsolete):

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

Epicene as an adjective (linguistics):

Of or related to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to men or women but have a fixed grammatical gender.

Epicene as an adjective (linguistics):

Of or related to nouns (in any language) that have a single form for male and female referents.

Epicene as an adjective (biology, _, &, _, figuratively):

Of indeterminate sex, whether asexual, hermaphrodite, androgynous, or intersex.

Epicene as an adjective (figuratively, of, _, men, usually, _, pejorative):

Effeminate.

Epicene as an adjective (figuratively):

Indeterminate; mixed.

Epicene as an adjective:

Suitable for use regardless of sex: unisex.

Epicene as a noun (linguistics):

An epicene word.

Epicene as a noun (linguistics, with definite article):

The epicene words of a language as a class.

Epicene as a noun:

An epicene person, an androgyne, whether biologically asexual, intersex, or hermaphrodite or of indeterminate sex in behavior and appearance.

Epicene as a noun (of, _, men, usually, _, pejorative):

An effeminate man, particularly a man dressed as a woman.