Usual vs Prevalent - What's the difference?
usual | prevalent |
most commonly occurring
Widespread or preferred.
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Superior in frequency or dominant.
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As adjectives the difference between usual and prevalent
is that usual is most commonly occurring while prevalent is prevalent.As a verb prevalent is
.usual
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.
- It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual.
Synonyms
* common, wonted, normal, standard, regular, ordinary, plain, simpleAntonyms
* unusualDerived terms
* usualness * usually * unusual * as usualExternal links
* *Statistics
*Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----prevalent
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
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