expose vs desolate

desolate vs expose

expose is a noun but desolate is not a noun.

expose is not an adjective while desolate is an adjective.

expose and desolate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, desolate is a hypernym of expose; that is, desolate is a word with a broader meaning than expose:

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

Other hypernyms of expose include abandon, desert, forsake.

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

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

expose (verb)	desolate (verb)
abandon by leaving out in the open air	reduce in population
expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas	cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret	leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
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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