exclusive vs public

exclusive

noun
  • A member of a group who exclude others from their society. 

  • A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply. 

  • Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively. 

adj
  • Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others. 

  • Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions. 

  • Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded. 

  • Exclusionary. 

  • Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed. 

  • Whole, undivided, entire. 

public

noun
  • A particular group or demographic to be targeted. 

  • The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group. 

adj
  • Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment. 

  • Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the state on behalf of the community. 

  • Traded publicly via a stock market. 

  • Open to all members of a community; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes. 

  • Pertaining to the people as a whole (as opposed to a private group); concerning the whole country, community etc. 

  • Accessible to the program in general, not only to the class or any subclasses. 

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