The difference between Common and Normal

When used as nouns, common means mutual good, shared by more than one, whereas normal means a line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.

When used as adjectives, common means mutual, whereas normal means according to norms or rules.

Common is also verb with the meaning: to communicate (something).

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Common as an adjective:

Mutual; shared by more than one.

Examples:

"The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship."

"Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors."
Common as an adjective:

Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.

Examples:

"It is common to find sharks off this coast."
Common as an adjective:

Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.

Examples:

"Sharks are common in these waters."
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.

Examples:

"rfquotek Sir Thomas More"
Common as a verb (obsolete):

To have a joint right with others in common ground.

Examples:

"rfquotek Johnson"
Common as a verb (obsolete):

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

Normal as an adjective:

according to norms or rules

Examples:

"Organize the data into third normal form."
Normal as an adjective:

healthy; not sick or ill

Examples:

"John is feeling normal again."
Normal as an adjective (education, of a school):

teaching teachers how to teach

Examples:

"My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School."
Normal as an adjective (chemistry):

of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution
Normal as an adjective (organic chemistry):

describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon
Normal as an adjective (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system):

in which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency
Normal as an adjective (rail transport, of points):

in the default position, set for the most frequently used route
Normal as an adjective (geometry):

perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or derivative of a surface
Normal as an adjective (mathematics):

adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context: whose digits, in any base representation, enjoy a uniform distribution with cosets which form a group which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K which has a very specific bell curve shape; that is or has the qualities of a normal distribution which has a normal distribution; which is associated with random variable that has a normal distribution which is pre-compact which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology which commutes with its conjugate transpose which commutes with its adjoint being (as a morphism) or containing (as a category) only normal epimorphism(s) or monomorphism(s), that is, those which are the kernel or cokernel of some morphism, respectively in which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods

Normal as a noun (geometry):

a line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
Normal as a noun (slang, countable):

a person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
Normal as a noun (uncountable):

the usual state.

Examples:

"His workload is now back to normal."

"Heavy workload is the new normal."

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