Classified vs Unclassified - What's the difference?
classified | unclassified |
(classify)
Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.
Not meant to be disclosed by a person or organization.
(informal) A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.
As adjectives the difference between classified and unclassified
is that classified is formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal while unclassified is not classified.As a verb classified
is past tense of classify.As a noun classified
is a classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.classified
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)- Make sure all the field observations are classified by species.
Adjective
(classified information) (en adjective)- We do not discuss specific interrogation techniques because they are classified information.
- I won't say who I'm going to the prom with; that's classified .
Etymology 2
(Classified advertising) From , by shortening.Noun
(en noun)- He ran a classified for the tools he wanted to sell.
