common man vs plebeian

plebeian vs common man

common man and plebeian both are nouns.

common man is not an adjective while plebeian is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
common man	Yes	No	No	No
plebeian	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, plebeian is a hyponym of common man; that is, plebeian is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than common man:

common man: a person who holds no title
plebeian: one of the common people

Other hyponyms of common man include bourgeois, burgher, cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity, everyman, Joe Bloggs, Joe Blow, John Doe, man in the street, layman, layperson, secular, pleb, prole, proletarian, worker, rustic.

common man (noun)	plebeian (noun)
a person who holds no title	one of the common people

common man (adjective)	plebeian (adjective)
	of or associated with the great masses of people

Difference between common man and plebeian

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