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Confidential vs Proprietary - What's the difference?

confidential | proprietary |

As adjectives the difference between confidential and proprietary

is that confidential is (meant to be) kept secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly while proprietary is of or relating to property or ownership, as proprietary rights.

As a noun proprietary is

a proprietor or owner.

confidential

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (meant to be) kept secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
    • The newspaper claims a leaked confidential report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs.
  • (dated) Inclined to share confidences.
    • Sitting in front of the fire, they became quite confidential , and began to gossip.

    Synonyms

    * dern

    Derived terms

    * confide

    proprietary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to property or ownership, as proprietary rights .
  • Of or relating to the quality of being an owner, as the proprietary class .
  • Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
    • The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.
  • *
  • Privately owned, as a proprietary lake .
  • (of a, person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.

    • Noun

    (proprietaries)
  • A proprietor or owner.
    • (Fuller)
  • A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
  • A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.