blackwash vs expose

blackwash and expose both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
blackwash	Yes	No	Yes	No
expose	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, expose is a hypernym of blackwash; that is, expose is a word with a broader meaning than blackwash:

blackwash: bring (information) out of concealment
expose: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Other hypernyms of blackwash include break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap.

blackwash (noun)	expose (noun)
a wash that colors a surface black	the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores
an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

blackwash (verb)	expose (verb)
color with blackwash	abandon by leaving out in the open air
bring (information) out of concealment	expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
	make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
	put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
	remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
	to show, make visible or apparent
	expose to light, of photographic film
	expose or make accessible to some action or influence
	reveal to view as by removing a cover