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Uncommon vs Rar - What's the difference?

uncommon | rar |

As adjectives the difference between uncommon and rar

is that uncommon is rare; not readily found; unusual while rar is rare.

uncommon

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Rare; not readily found; unusual.
    • Bald eagles are an uncommon sighting in this state
  • Remarkable; exceptional.
    • The diamond was of uncommon size

    Related terms

    * uncommonly * uncommonness

    rar

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • (computing) (Roshal Archive), a proprietary data compression format.

    • Derived terms

    * unrar