Private vs Own - What's the difference?

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between private and own

is that private is (obsolete) one not invested with a public office while own is (obsolete) to grant; give.

As adjectives the difference between private and own

is that private is belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group while own is belonging to; possessed; proper to.

As a noun private

is the lowest rank of the army.

As a verb own is

(lb) to have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); "to possess by right; to have the right of property in; to have the legal right or rightful title to" (ref 1) or own can be (obsolete) to grant; give.

private

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.

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Not in governmental office or employment.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)

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Not publicly known; not open; secret.

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Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.

Intended only for the use of an individual, group, or organization.

Not accessible by the public.

Not traded by the public.

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Secretive; reserved.

(US, of a room in a medical facility) Not shared with another patient.

Synonyms

* (done in the view of others ): secluded * (intended only for one's own use ): personal * (not accessible by the public ):

Antonyms

* public

Noun

(en noun)

The lowest rank of the army.

A soldier of the rank of private.

(in plural privates) A euphemistic term for the genitals.

(obsolete) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.

(Shakespeare)

(obsolete) Personal interest; particular business.

* Ben Jonson

Nor must I be unmindful of my private .

(obsolete) Privacy; retirement.

* Shakespeare

Go off; I discard you; let me enjoy my private .

(obsolete) One not invested with a public office.

* Shakespeare

What have kings, that privates have not too?

A private lesson.

If you want to learn ballet, consider taking privates .

Synonyms

* (genitals) bits, private parts

Derived terms

* in private * privacy * private language * private parts * private property * private stock * public-private partnership

Statistics

* 1000 English basic words ----

own

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia own) From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , (etyl) (m). See also the related term (m).

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); "To possess by right; to have the right of property in; to have the legal right or rightful title to." (Ref 1)

I own this car.

(lb) To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.

* 1902 , Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness , Tank Books 2007, p. 25:

I am sorry to own I began to worry then.

* 1913 ,

They learned how perfectly peaceful the home could be. And they almost regretted—though none of them would have owned to such callousness—that their father was soon coming back.

(lb) To claim as one's own; to answer to.

* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me.

(lb) To acknowledge or admit the possession or ownership of. (Ref 3)

(lb) To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.

I will own my enemies.

If he wins, he will own you.

(lb) To virtually or figuratively enslave.

To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled (m).

To illicitly obtain "super-user" or "root" access into a computer system thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.

Synonyms

* (have rightful possession of) to possess * (acknowledge responsibility for) be responsible for, admit or take responsibility for * (admit) confess, acknowledge, allow * (defeat) beat, defeat, overcome, overthrow, vanquish, have, take, best

Derived terms

* owndom * own up * owner * pwn * disown

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), .

Alternative forms

* (informal contraction)

Adjective

(en determiner)

Belonging to; possessed; proper to.

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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)

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(obsolete) Peculiar, domestic.

(obsolete) Not foreign.

Usage notes

* implying ownership, often with emphasis. It always follows a possessive pronoun, or a noun in the possessive case.

Derived terms

* come into one's own * on one's own

Etymology 3

From (etyl) is attested. Etymology] of the German cognate in [[:w:de:Deutsches Wörterbuch, Deutsches Wörterbuch]

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To grant; give.

To admit; concede; acknowledge.

* 1611 , Shakespeare, The Tempest , v.:

Two of those fellows you must know and own .

* 1843 , (Thomas Carlyle), '', book 2, ch. 1, ''Jocelin of Brakelond

It must be owned , the good Jocelin, spite of his beautiful childlike character, is but an altogether imperfect 'mirror' of these old-world things!

To recognise; acknowledge.

to own one as a son

To confess.

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References

* 1896 , Universal Dictionary of the English Language [UDEL] , v3 p3429: *: To possess by right; to have the right of property in; to have the legal right or rightful title to. * 1896 , ibid., UDEL * 1896 , ibid., UDEL * 1896 , ibid., UDEL * Notes:

Anagrams

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