Common
Common adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.
Usage example: just a common house cat but an extraordinary friend
Typical is a synonym for common in ordinary topic. In some cases you can use "Typical" instead an adjective "Common", when it comes to topics like usual, customary, average, surprise.
Typical
Typical adjective - Having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind.
Usage example: typical behavior for a two-year-old
Common is a synonym for typical in property topic. You can use "Common" instead an adjective "Typical", if it concerns topics such as usual, customary, surprise, conventional.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- It's normal for all trolls to be bisexual; monosexuality does exist, but it's not common or considered to be a big deal (it's kind of similar to how we'd view someone who's only attracted to redheads: not typical, but not remarkable enough to have a word for it or much of a stigma attached to it).
Source: Immortality Bisexuality - Medieval Europe (or something very much like it) is a common setting for fantasy stories, and the typical Medieval European beer would have been an ale.
Source: All Beer Is Ale - The discussion of common zombie killing methods like headshots (which do not work on the zombies we've seen) indicates that more typical zombies exist in the setting.
Source: Webcomic / The Dreadful
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