commons vs pasture

commons and pasture both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

commons (noun)	pasture (noun)
a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank	bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area	a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
a pasture subject to common use

commons (verb)	pasture (verb)
	feed as in a meadow or pasture
	let feed in a field or pasture or meadow