Edmonds Dictionary

College Professor and Edmonds City Councilman D.J. Wilson has a completely different dictionary than everyone else.

At the April 6, Council meeting Mr. Wilson proclaimed "Secret is different than Private". The following is from www.dictionary.com.

se·cret   /ˈsikrɪt/ Show Spelled[see-krit]
–adjective
1.done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
2.kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged: a secret password.
3.faithful or cautious in keeping confidential matters confidential; close-mouthed; reticent.
4.designed or working to escape notice, knowledge, or observation: a secret drawer; the secret police.
5.secluded, sheltered, or withdrawn: a secret hiding place.
6.beyond ordinary human understanding; esoteric.
7.(of information, a document, etc.)
a.bearing the classification secret.
b.limited to persons authorized to use information documents, etc., so classified.
–noun
8.something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
9.a mystery: the secrets of nature.
10.a reason or explanation not immediately or generally apparent.
11.a method, formula, plan, etc., known only to the initiated or the few: the secret of happiness; a trade secret.
12.a classification assigned to information, a document, etc., considered less vital to security than top-secret but more vital than confidential, and limiting its use to persons who have been cleared, as by various government agencies, as trustworthy to handle such material.Compare classification (def. 5).
13.(initial capital letter) Liturgy. a variable prayer in the Roman and other Latin liturgies, said inaudibly by the celebrant after the offertory and immediately before the preface.
—Idiom
14.in secret, unknown to others; in private; secretly: A resistance movement was already being organized in secret.

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Origin:
1350–1400; ME secrette < OF secret < L sēcrētus hidden, orig. ptp. of sēcernere to secern

—Related forms
se·cret·ly, adverb
se·cret·ness, noun
non·se·cret, adjective, noun
non·se·cret·ly, adverb
quasi-secret, adjective
qua·si-se·cret·ly, adverb
sem·i·se·cret, adjective
sem·i·se·cret·ly, adverb
su·per·se·cret, noun
ul·tra·se·cret, adjective
ul·tra·se·cret·ly, adverb
un·se·cret·ly, adverb


—Synonyms
1. clandestine, hidden, concealed, covert. 1, 2. private, confidential. 3. secretive. 6. occult, obscure, mysterious.


—Antonyms
1. open, manifest.
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pri·vate   /ˈpraɪvɪt/ Show Spelled[prahy-vit]
–adjective
1.belonging to some particular person: private property.
2.pertaining to or affecting a particular person or a small group of persons; individual; personal: for your private satisfaction.
3.confined to or intended only for the persons immediately concerned; confidential: a private meeting.
4.personal and not publicly expressed: one's private feelings.
5.not holding public office or employment: private citizens.
6.not of an official or public character: private life.
7.removed from or out of public view or knowledge; secret: private papers.
8.not open or accessible to the general public: a private beach.
9.undertaken individually or personally: private research.
10.without the presence of others; alone.
11.solitary; secluded.
12.preferring privacy; retiring: a very private person.
13.intimate; most personal: private behavior.
14.of, having, or receiving special hospital facilities, privileges, and services, esp. a room of one's own and liberal visiting hours: a private room; a private patient.
15.of lowest military rank.
16.of, pertaining to, or coming from nongovernmental sources: private funding.
–noun
17.a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
18.privates. private parts.
—Idiom
19.in private, not publicly; secretly: The hearing will be conducted in private.

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Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L prīvātus private, lit., taken away (from public affairs), special use of ptp. of prīvāre to rob. See deprive, -ate1

—Related forms
pri·vate·ly, adverb
pri·vate·ness, noun
quasi-private, adjective
qua·si-pri·vate·ly, adverb
un·pri·vate, adjective
un·pri·vate·ly, adverb
un·pri·vate·ness, noun


—Synonyms
2. singular, particular, peculiar. 10. sequestered, retired.


—Antonyms
2. general, public.


If you need a dictionary Mr. Wilson, I have several copies and would more than happy to donate one to city.