public vs private
Definitions
adjective
- not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
- affecting the people or community as a whole
noun
- people in general considered as a whole
- a body of people sharing some common interest
Examples
In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally.
So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room.
Both groups are forced to suffer the prejudices that have been fuelled by the tabloids and absorbed by an uninformed public.
Definitions
noun
- an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
adjective
- not expressed
- concerning one person exclusively
- confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
- concerning things deeply private and personal
Examples
Having drop-dead gorgeous, private, windowed offices makes it a lot easier to recruit the kinds of superstars that produce ten times as much as the merely brilliant software developers.
He asked me bluntly, ‘Why would you want to leave private life and take on such a difficult, dangerous and probably thankless job?’
They contended that many foreign central banks were willing to absorb all the foreign currency earned by their exporting sectors that was not willingly held by their private sector in US dollar denominated assets.
