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
Strange
Strange adjective - Different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.
Usage example: the strange smell we'd noticed turned out, unhappily, to be from the dinner our host was making
Both words in one sentence
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While understandably most common in Mildly Military series, a strange salute can pop up anywhere, at any time, provided that it is both common and codified enough to go beyond a mere single oddity.
Source: Strange Salute - In a very similar vein, Adolf was a somewhat common name in the German-speaking world up until it fell out of popularity for some strange reason in the thirties/forties.
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Strange were considered common-law husband and wife, thus making two of Strange's greatest enemies some of his in-laws.
Source: Comic Book / Doctor Strange
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