abandonment vs exposure

exposure vs abandonment

abandonment and exposure both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abandonment	Yes	No	No	No
exposure	Yes	No	No	No

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

abandonment: the act of giving something up
exposure: abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)

Other hyponyms of abandonment include apostasy, tergiversation, bolt.

abandonment (noun)	exposure (noun)
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility	abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)
the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away	the act of exposing film to light
the act of giving something up	presentation to view in an open or public manner
	the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
	a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
	vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
	aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
	the disclosure of something secret
	the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
	the state of being vulnerable or exposed

Difference between abandonment and exposure

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