desolate vs expose

expose vs desolate

desolate is not a noun while expose is a noun.

desolate is an adjective but expose is not an adjective.

desolate and expose both are verbs.

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

As verbs, expose is a hyponym of desolate; that is, expose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than desolate:

desolate: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
expose: abandon by leaving out in the open air

Other hyponyms of desolate include walk out, ditch, maroon, strand.

desolate (noun)	expose (noun)
	the exposure of an impostor or a fraud

desolate (adjective)	expose (adjective)
crushed by grief
providing no shelter or sustenance

desolate (verb)	expose (verb)
reduce in population	abandon by leaving out in the open air
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly	expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch	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

Difference between desolate and expose

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