external vs private

external

adj
  • Relating to or denoting a medicine or similar substance for use on the outside of the body. 

  • Having existence independent of the mind. 

  • Situated near or toward the surface of the body. 

  • For or concerning students registered with and taking the examinations of a university but not resident there. 

  • Not contained in the main computer. 

  • Outside of something; on the exterior. 

  • Not intrinsic or essential. 

  • Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered. 

  • Using a disk or tape drive rather than the main memory. 

  • Relating to or connected with foreign nations or institutions. 

  • Having merely the outward appearance of something. 

noun
  • Outward appearance. 

  • Inessential or superficial features. 

  • A variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source. 

  • The exterior; outward features or appearances. 

private

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

noun
  • A private lesson. 

  • The genitals. 

  • A soldier of the lowest rank in the army. 

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

adj
  • Not publicly known; not open; secret. 

  • Not shared with another patient. 

  • Not accessible by the public. 

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

  • Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded. 

  • Secretive; reserved. 

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

  • Not traded by the public. 

  • Not in governmental office or employment. 

How often have the words external and private occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )