Common and Proper

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Common

Common adjective - Often observed or encountered.
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Proper and common are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proper" instead an adjective "Common".
Nearby Words: commonplace, commonly, commons, commonality, commonness

Proper

Proper adjective - Serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group.
Usage example: malaria and other diseases that are proper to the tropics
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Common and proper are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Common" instead an adjective "Proper".
Nearby Words: property, properly

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  • Web Original / Protectors of the Plot Continuum In continua where "squee" is a noun (common or proper), squeeing produces "Piercing Squees", large versions of whatever squee means in that continuum, that glomp the squee-er and vanish.
    Source: Web Original / Protectors of the Plot Continuum
  • Web Animation / YouTube Poop The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A common interpretation of King Harkinian, who is shown doing Crazy Awesome things from watching TV to traveling to Africa, rather than acting like a proper king.
    Source: Web Animation / YouTube Poop
  • Translator Microbes Since proper nouns presumably have no translation, and Rubic City is a combination of a proper noun and a common, translatable noun, this would only make sense in English.
    Source: Translator Microbes
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