expose vs tattle

tattle vs expose

expose and tattle both are nouns.

expose and tattle both are verbs.

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

As verbs, tattle is a hyponym of expose; that is, tattle 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
tattle: divulge confidential information or secrets

Other hyponyms of expose include blackwash, 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, reveal.

expose (noun)	tattle (noun)
the exposure of an impostor or a fraud	disclosing information or giving evidence about another

expose (verb)	tattle (verb)
abandon by leaving out in the open air	speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas	divulge confidential information or secrets
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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