expose vs confide

confide vs expose

expose is a noun but confide is not a noun.

expose and confide both are verbs.

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

As verbs, confide is a hyponym of expose; that is, confide 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
confide: reveal in private; tell confidentially

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

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

expose (verb)	confide (verb)
abandon by leaving out in the open air	reveal in private; tell confidentially
expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas	confer a trust upon
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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