Occult and Private

Occult

Occult adjective - Being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain.

Private and occult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Private" instead an adjective "Occult".

Nearby Words: occultism, occultist, occultly, occulted, occulting

Private

Private adjective - Not known or meant to be known by the general populace.
Usage example: that he is planning to retire is private information until he makes a public announcement

Occult and private are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Occult" instead an adjective "Private".

How words are described

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Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Anita Blake Occult Detective: Anita is quite insistent that she isn't one, and recommends that people engage the services of Veronica "Ronnie" Sims instead, who is an actual Private Detective.
  • Occult Detective: Mediochre and Joseph are private slayer-catchers, which largely amounts to the same thing.
  • The Password is Always "Swordfish" In The Ninth Gate, the combination of the door to the private library of an occult scholar obsessed with Satanism is also 666.
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