The difference between Common and Vernacular

When used as nouns, common means mutual good, shared by more than one, whereas vernacular means the language of a people or a national language.

When used as adjectives, common means mutual, whereas vernacular means of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

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.

Vernacular as a noun:

The language of a people or a national language.

Examples:

"A vernacular of the United States is English."
Vernacular as a noun:

Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

Examples:

"Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere."
Vernacular as a noun:

Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.

Examples:

"For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language."
Vernacular as a noun (Roman Catholicism):

The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Mass are translated.

Examples:

"Vatican II allowed the celebration of the mass in the vernacular."

Vernacular as an adjective:

Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
Vernacular as an adjective:

Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous.

Examples:

"a vernacular disease"
Vernacular as an adjective (architecture):

Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.
Vernacular as an adjective (art):

Connected to a collective memory; not imported.

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