expose vs brandish

brandish vs expose

expose and brandish both are nouns.

expose and brandish both are verbs.

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

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

expose: to show, make visible or apparent
brandish: exhibit aggressively

Other hyponyms of expose include open, bring forth, produce, hold up, bench, moon, flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank, model, model, pose, posture, sit, gibbet, pillory.

expose (noun)	brandish (noun)
the exposure of an impostor or a fraud	the act of waving

expose (verb)	brandish (verb)
abandon by leaving out in the open air	move or swing back and forth
expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas	exhibit aggressively
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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