Common and Stock

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Common adjective - Often observed or encountered.

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Stock is a synonym for common in good topic. In some cases you can use "Stock" instead an adjective "Common", when it comes to topics like usual, average, commonplace, conventional.

Stock adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.

Usage example: the conversation became interesting once we got beyond the stock niceties and observations about the weather

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Common is a synonym for stock in commonplace topic. You can use "Common" instead an adjective "Stock", if it concerns topics such as good, banal.

rare	rare common	rare stock
usual	usual common	usual stock
standard	standard common	standard stock
original	original common	original stock
Other adjectives: many, real, large, great, pretty, white, traditional, basic, different, available, European.

Stock phrases, "A good year" being especially common.

Source: Sommelier Speak
See also Does Not Like Spam, Stock Yuck (things almost any kid can be expected to hate to eat), and overlaps with If It Tastes Bad, It Must Be Good for You, a common reaction/joke about this.

Source: Picky Eater
To compensate, Albertosaurus is a very common sight in many paleo-books, just as common as several Stock Theropods.

Source: Useful Notes / Stock Dinosaurs (True Dinosaurs)

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