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Secrecy vs Semisecret - What's the difference?

secrecy | semisecret |

As a noun secrecy

is concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.

As an adjective semisecret is

subject to a moderate degree of secrecy; partially but not entirely secret.

secrecy

English

Noun

(wikipedia secrecy)
  • Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • The habit of keeping secrets.

    • Synonyms

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    semisecret

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Subject to a moderate degree of secrecy; partially but not entirely secret
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 24, author=Marvin Kitman, title=The Boondocks, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The highway also passes by Area 51, a semisecret government test facility where the stealth bomber was developed. }}