expose vs spring

spring vs expose

expose and spring both are nouns.

expose and spring both are verbs.

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

As verbs, spring is a hyponym of expose; that is, spring 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
spring: produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly

Other hyponyms of expose include blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out, come out of the closet, out, 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)	spring (noun)
the exposure of an impostor or a fraud	a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
	a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
	the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
	a point at which water issues forth
	a natural flow of ground water
	the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring

expose (verb)	spring (verb)
abandon by leaving out in the open air	develop suddenly
expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas	produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret	spring back; spring away from an impact
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position	move forward by leaps and bounds
remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body	develop into a distinctive entity
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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