Things owned by the government are public. Like parks and stuff. Things owned by businesses are private. That’s basically it.

Maybe private, it means, removed, deprived of natural freedom, or better, removed from the public. For do this for entire eras, the "owner" of that particular piece of planet creates vassals, mentally hypnotizing them. Entities do this, not free animals or homo sapiens. a big hug bro, wherever and whoever you are, mother nature bless you. 💚🌟☀