Official and Public

Official

Official adjective - Ordered or allowed by those in authority.

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Public and official are semantically related in commonwealth topic. In some cases you can use "Public" instead the word "Official" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: office, officiate, officer, officialize, officious

Public

Public adjective - Not known by only a select few.

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Official and public are semantically related in commonwealth topic. Sometimes you can use "Official" instead the word "Public" as an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as constitutional, civic.

Nearby Words: publicize, publicise, publication, publicity, publicly

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How words are described

sympathetic	sympathetic official	sympathetic public
human	human official	human public
good	good official	good public
female	female official	female public
Other adjectives: actual, main, local, foreign.

Both words in one sentence

As such, she is the "official" Yakushiji known in the public to be standing ready to succeed her father.

Source: Literature / The Case Files of Yakushiji Ryoko
Got some attention when the lead singer dressed up in the 12 doctor's official outfit well before it was known to the general public.

Source: Just For Fun / Trope Names for a Band
In A Face in the Crowd, Pompous Political Pundit Lonesome Rhodes has an official agenda for his adoring public but a more sinister agenda in private.

Source: Engineered Public Confession

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