Individual
Individual adjective - Of, relating to, or belonging to a single person.
Usage example: everyone has his or her own individual opinion about the subject, but you will have to work together
Public
Public adjective - Held by or applicable to a majority of the people.
Usage example: public sentiment was against the war
How words are described
| human | human individual | human public |
| good | good individual | good public |
| normal | normal individual | normal public |
| actual | actual individual | actual public |
| Other adjectives: real, unfortunate, suspicious. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Some holidays are federal gazetted public holidays and some are public holidays observed by individual states.
Source: Useful Notes / Malaysia - A distinction should be made between public domain characters and public domain works; Bugs Bunny is a trademarked character and not in public domain, but his earliest individual cartoons are.
Source: Public Domain Character - The core element of the trope is that the individual's attitude changes drastically in private compared to in public or when able to speak anonymously.
Source: Situational Sociability
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