common sense / common knowledge

[optimistic pessimist]

Hi all,

Are "common sense" and "common knowledge" same in meaning?
It seems to me that a person who doesn't know Africa is a continent rather than a nation lack common knowledge rather than common sense.

OP

 

[GoesStation]

They are unrelated ideas.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi all.

Are "common sense" and "common knowledge" the same in meaning?
It seems to me that a person who doesn't know Africa is a continent rather than a nation lacks common knowledge rather than common sense.

OP

I would say they lack "general knowledge".