corporation vs private corporation

private corporation vs corporation

corporation and private corporation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
corporation	Yes	No	No	No
private corporation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, private corporation is a hyponym of corporation; that is, private corporation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than corporation:

corporation: a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state
private corporation: a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market

Other hyponyms of corporation include conglomerate, empire, large cap, small cap, close corporation, closed corporation, privately held corporation, closely held corporation, shell corporation, shell entity, FDIC, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, FHLMC, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Federal National Mortgage Association, FNMA, Boy Scouts of America.

corporation (noun)	private corporation (noun)
slang for a paunch	a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market
a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

Difference between corporation and private corporation

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