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Shared vs Communal - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between shared and communal

is that shared is used by multiple entities or for multiple purposes or in multiple ways while communal is pertaining to a community.

As a verb shared

is past tense of share.

shared

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Used by multiple entities or for multiple purposes or in multiple ways.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […];  […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (share)

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    communal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a community.
  • Shared by a community; public.