Public
Public noun - The body of the community as contrasted with the elite.
Usage example: the highbrows have always disdained his horror novels, but the public just eats them up
Quality
Quality noun - The highest class in a society.
Usage example: the quality were inordinately proud of their bloodlines
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great school frequently listed as a "public Ivy" (a public university providing an Ivy League quality of education).
Source: Ivy League for Everyone - With Quality Comics, DC Comics acquired the characters while they were still under copyright, but they allowed the characters that they weren't using to enter the public domain.
Source: Public Domain Character - Ripe targets of criticism for so-called "Noynoying" (planking), as well as for incessant moralizing whilst letting the quality of public administration deteriorate.
Source: Political Stereotype
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