Difference between Secrecy and Privacy

What is the difference between Secrecy and Privacy?

Secrecy as a noun is concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden while Privacy as a noun is the state of being private; the state of not being seen by others.

Secrecy

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden The habit of keeping secrets.

Example sentence: Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us.

Privacy

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The state of being private; the state of not being seen by others.

Example sentence: I'm low-key. I like my privacy.

We hope you now know whether to use Secrecy or Privacy in your sentence.

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