expose vs betray

betray vs expose

expose is a noun but betray is not a noun.

expose and betray both are verbs.

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

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

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
betray: reveal unintentionally

Other hyponyms of expose include blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out, come out of the closet, out, spring, bewray, confide, leak, babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle, reveal.

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

expose (verb)	betray (verb)
abandon by leaving out in the open air	give away information about somebody
expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas	reveal unintentionally
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret	cause someone to believe an untruth
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position	disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body	deliver to an enemy by treachery
to show, make visible or apparent	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
expose to light, of photographic film
expose or make accessible to some action or influence
reveal to view as by removing a cover

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