commons vs lea

commons and lea both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
commons	Yes	No	No	No
lea	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lea is a hypernym of commons; that is, lea is a word with a broader meaning than commons:

commons: a pasture subject to common use
lea: a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

Other hypernyms of commons include grazing land, ley, pasture, pasture land, pastureland.

commons (noun)	lea (noun)
a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank	a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area	a unit of length of thread or yarn
a pasture subject to common use