Common vs Series - What's the difference?
common | series |
Mutual; shared by more than one.
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, title= Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
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, title= Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.
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, volume=100, issue=2, page=128, magazine=(American Scientist)
Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
* Washington Irving
* Shakespeare
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(grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.
Of or pertaining to uncapitalized nouns in English, i.e., common nouns vs. proper nouns.
Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
(obsolete) Profane; polluted.
* Bible, Acts x. 15
(obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
* L'Estrange
Mutual good, shared by more than one.
A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
* {{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
, title= The people; the community.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
(label) 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.
(obsolete) To communicate (something).
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans, Bible , Luke XXII:
(obsolete) To converse, talk.
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* Grafton
(obsolete) To have sex.
(obsolete) To participate.
(obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
(obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.
A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (US, Canada) A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals
(British) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
(mathematics) The sum of the terms of a sequence.
(cricket, baseball) A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.
(zoology) An unranked taxon.
(senseid) A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
(electronics) Connected one after the other in a circuit.
As verbs the difference between common and series
is that common is (obsolete) to communicate (something) while series is .As an adjective common
is mutual; shared by more than one.As a noun common
is mutual good, shared by more than one.common
English
(wikipedia common)Adjective
(en-adj)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
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In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}
citation, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)}}
- the honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life
- This fact was infamous / And ill beseeming any common man, / Much more a knight, a captain and a leader.
- above the vulgar flight of common souls
- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
- What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common .
- a dame who herself was common
Synonyms
* (mutual ): mutual, shared * (usual ): normal, ordinary, standard, usual * (occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity ): widespread * See alsoAntonyms
* (mutual ): personal, individual * (usual ): rare, unusual, uncommon * (occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity ): few and far between, rare, uncommonSee also
* (English grammar ): epicene, feminine, masculine, neuterNoun
(en noun)The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common .}}
- the weal o' the common
Verb
(en verb)- Then entred Satan into Judas, whose syr name was iscariot (which was of the nombre off the twelve) and he went his waye, and commened with the hye prestes and officers, how he wolde betraye hym vnto them.
- So long as Guyon with her commoned , / Vnto the ground she cast her modest eye [...].
- Embassadors were sent upon both parts, and divers means of entreaty were commoned of.
- (Sir Thomas More)
- (Johnson)
Derived terms
* common name * commonality * common dolphin * commoner * common gender * the common good * common noun * common-or-garden * commonplace * commons * common radish * commonsense * common touch * House of Commons * in commonStatistics
* 1000 English basic wordsseries
English
Noun
(series)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}
Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
- Friends was one of the most successful television series in recent years.
Usage notes
* In the United Kingdom, television and radio programs (spelt in Commonwealth English as "programmes") are divided into series, which are usually a year long. In North America, the word "series" is a synonym of "program", and programs are divided into year-long seasons. * (mathematics) Beginning students often confuse (term) with (sequence).Synonyms
* (number of things that follow on one after the other) chain, line, sequence, stream, succession * (television or radio program) show, programDerived terms
* (media, TV) TV series * (mathematics) arithmetic series, basic hypergeometric series, confluent hypergeometric series, formal power series, geometric series, hypergeometric series, power seriesAdjective
(-)- You have to connect the lights in series for them to work properly .