Common and Rare

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Common

Common adjective - Often observed or encountered.
Usage example: horse ranches are a common sight in that part of the state
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Rare is an antonym for common in topics: usual, low, average, uncommon, held in common.
Nearby Words: commonplace, commonly, commons, commonality, commonness

Rare

Rare adjective - Being out of the ordinary.
Usage example: even among the prize-winning roses, this one is a rare beauty
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Common is an antonym for rare in topics: uncommon, precious, exceptional, not fully cooked.
Nearby Words: rarity, rarely, rareness
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  • Although Sniffers are said to be about as rare/common as One Power users, Hurin is the only Sniffer encountered in the whole book series.
    Source: Violence Detector
  • Lethal Joke Item They are weaker than the above weapons, but have the special ability to severely increase the drop rate of items, be they common or rare ones.
    Source: Lethal Joke Item
  • Random Drop aka: Randomly Drops Most monsters did not have common drops, but some monsters (especially bosses) were guaranteed to drop certain items because they had the same item as both common and rare drops.
    Source: Random Drop aka: Randomly Drops
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