Placing Two Generic Tables Beside Each Other

I have two tables that are virtually identical and look like so:

\begin{table}[!ht]
\fontsize{8}{8}\selectfont
\caption{caption$.}
\label{label}
\center{
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
$and$&$this$&$is$&$something$\\
\hline
1&1&1&1\\
\hline
1&1&1&1\\
\hline
1&1&1&1\\
\hline
1&1&1&1\\
\end{tabular}
}
\end{table}

 \begin{table}[!ht]
    \fontsize{8}{8}\selectfont
    \caption{caption$.}
    \label{label}
    \center{
    \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}
    \hline
    $and$&$this$&$is$&$something$\\
    \hline
    1&1&1&1\\
    \hline
    1&1&1&1\\
    \hline
    1&1&1&1\\
    \hline
    1&1&1&1\\
    \end{tabular}
    }
    \end{table}

I know that these tables on their own aren't best practice, but what are the best practices for placing two tables like this, assuming I'm stuck with them, beside each other?