expose vs blackwash

blackwash vs expose

expose and blackwash both are nouns.

expose and blackwash both are verbs.

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

As verbs, blackwash is a hyponym of expose; that is, blackwash 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
blackwash: bring (information) out of concealment

Other hyponyms of expose include muckrake, blow, out, come out, come out of the closet, out, spring, betray, 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)	blackwash (noun)
the exposure of an impostor or a fraud	a wash that colors a surface black
	a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores
	an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

expose (verb)	blackwash (verb)
abandon by leaving out in the open air	color with blackwash
expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas	bring (information) out of concealment
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

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