common sense vs wisdom

common sense

noun
  • Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made. 

wisdom

noun
  • An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise. 

  • A piece of wise advice. 

  • A group of owls. 

  • The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding. 

  • The ability to know and apply spiritual truths. 

  • The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good. 

  • The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained. 

  • A group of wombats. 

How often have the words common sense and wisdom occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )