exposure vs desertion

desertion vs exposure

exposure and desertion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exposure	Yes	No	No	No
desertion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, desertion is a hypernym of exposure; that is, desertion is a word with a broader meaning than exposure:

exposure: abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)
desertion: the act of giving something up

Other hypernyms of exposure include abandonment, forsaking.

exposure (noun)	desertion (noun)
abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)	withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
the act of exposing film to light	the act of giving something up
presentation to view in an open or public manner
the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
the disclosure of something secret
the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
the state of being vulnerable or exposed

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