Common vs. Vernacular

Commonadjective

Mutual; shared by more than one.

Commonadjective

Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.

Commonadjective

Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.

Commonadjective

Simple, ordinary or vulgar.

Commonadjective

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

Commonadjective

(grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.

Commonadjective

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

Commonadjective

(obsolete) Profane; polluted.

Commonadjective

(obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.

Commonnoun

Mutual good, shared by more than one.

Commonnoun

A tract of land in common ownership; common land.

Commonnoun

The people; the community.

Commonnoun

(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.

Commonverb

(obsolete) To communicate (something).

Commonverb

(obsolete) To converse, talk.

Commonverb

(obsolete) To have sex.

Commonverb

(obsolete) To participate.

Commonverb

(obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.

Commonverb

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

Commonadjective

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

Commonadjective

Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer.

Commonadjective

Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.

Commonadjective

Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; - often in a depreciatory sense.

Commonadjective

Profane; polluted.

Commonadjective

Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.

Commonnoun

The people; the community.

Commonnoun

An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number of persons.

Commonnoun

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.

Commonverb

To converse together; to discourse; to confer.

Commonverb

To participate.

Commonverb

To have a joint right with others in common ground.

Commonverb

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

Commonnoun

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;

Commonadjective

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public;

Commonadjective

of no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual;

Commonadjective

common to or shared by two or more parties;

Commonadjective

commonly encountered;

Commonadjective

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language;

Commonadjective

of or associated with the great masses of people;

Commonadjective

of low or inferior quality or value;

Commonadjective

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste;

Commonadjective

to be expected; standard;

Vernacularnoun

The language of a people or a national language.

Vernacularnoun

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

Vernacularnoun

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

Vernacularnoun

(Roman Catholicism) The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Mass are translated.

Vernacularadjective

Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

Vernacularadjective

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

Vernacularadjective

(architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.

Vernacularadjective

(art) Connected to a collective memory; not imported.

Vernacularadjective

Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; - now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language.

Vernacularnoun

The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality, opposed to literary or learned forms.

Vernacularnoun

a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);

Vernacularnoun

the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

Vernacularadjective

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language;

Vernacularnoun

the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region

Vernacularnoun

the terminology used by people belonging to a specified group or engaging in a specialized activity

Vernacularnoun

architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings

Vernacularadjective

(of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language.

Vernacularadjective

(of speech or written works) using the mother tongue of a country or region

Vernacularadjective

(of architecture) concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings

Vernacular

A vernacular or vernacular language refers to the language or dialect that is spoken by people that are inhabiting a particular country or region. The vernacular is typically the native language, normally spoken informally rather than written, and seen as of lower status than more codified forms.