admass vs public

admass and public both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
admass	Yes	No	No	No
public	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, public is a hypernym of admass; that is, public is a word with a broader meaning than admass:

admass: the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British)
public: people in general considered as a whole

Other hypernyms of admass include populace, world.

admass (noun)	public (noun)
the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British)	people in general considered as a whole
	a body of people sharing some common interest

admass (adjective)	public (adjective)
	not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
	affecting the people or community as a whole