Private vs. Cadet — What's the Difference?

Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only

A cadet is an officer trainee or candidate. The term is frequently used to refer to those training to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee.

(of a person) having no official or public role or position

A student at a military school or in a military program training to be an officer.

(of a service or industry) provided or owned by an individual or an independent, commercial company rather than the state

A student training to be a police officer.

The lowest rank in the army, below lance corporal or private first class.

A younger son or brother.

Short for private parts

A youngest son.

Secluded from the sight, presence, or intrusion of others

A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.

Designed or intended for one's exclusive use

A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.

Of or confined to the individual; personal

Junior. See also the heraldic term cadency.

Undertaken on an individual basis

A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.

Of, relating to, or receiving special hospital services and privileges

A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.

Not available for public use, control, or participation

(Australia) A participant in a cadetship.

Belonging to a particular person or persons, as opposed to the public or the government

The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son.

Of, relating to, or derived from nongovernment sources

A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission.

Conducted and supported primarily by individuals or groups not affiliated with governmental agencies or corporations

In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.

Enrolled in or attending a private school

A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.

Capitalized in shares of stock that are held by a relatively small number of owners and are not traded on the open market

A military trainee (as at a military academy)

Not holding an official or public position

Not for public knowledge or disclosure; secret

Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate

Placing a high value on personal privacy

A noncommissioned rank in the US Army or Marine Corps that is below private first class.

One who holds this rank or a similar rank in another military organization.

Privates Private parts. Often used with the.

Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.

Not accessible by the public.

Not in governmental office or employment.

Not publicly known; not open; secret.

Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.

Not traded by the public.

Secretive; reserved.

Not shared with another patient.

Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses.

A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.

A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.

The genitals.

(obsolete) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.

(obsolete) Personal interest; particular business.

(obsolete) Privacy; retirement.

(obsolete) One not invested with a public office.

A private lesson.

To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).

Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.

Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.

Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.

Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.

Having secret or private knowledge; privy.

A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.

Personal interest; particular business.

Privacy; retirement.

One not invested with a public office.

A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.

The private parts; the genitals.

An enlisted man of the lowest rank;

Confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy;

Concerning things deeply private and personal;

Concerning one person exclusively;

Not expressed;