The difference between Garden variety and Rare

When used as adjectives, garden variety means ordinary, common, or unexceptional, whereas rare means very uncommon.


Rare is also verb with the meaning: to rear, rise up, start backwards.

check bellow for the other definitions of Garden variety and Rare

  1. Garden variety as an adjective (idiomatic):

    Ordinary, common, or unexceptional.

    Examples:

    "I can usually recover from a garden variety cold with rest and fluids."

  1. Rare as an adjective:

    Very uncommon; scarce.

    Examples:

    "Black pearls are very rare and therefore very valuable."

    "synonyms: scarce selcouth seld seldsome selly geason uncommon"

    "ant common frequent"

  2. Rare as an adjective (of a gas):

    Thin; of low density.

  1. Rare as an adjective (cooking, particularly meats):

    Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).

    Examples:

    "ant well done"

  1. Rare as a verb (US, intransitive):

    To rear, rise up, start backwards.

  2. Rare as a verb (US, transitive):

    To rear, bring up, raise.

  1. Rare as an adjective (obsolete):

    early