private vs sociable

private

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. 

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. 

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

sociable

adj
  • Tending to socialize or be social. 

  • Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation. 

noun
  • A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other. 

  • A couch with a curved S-shaped back. 

  • An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing. 

  • A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side. 

  • A sociable person. 

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