exposure vs expose

expose vs exposure

exposure and expose both are nouns.

exposure is not a verb while expose is a verb.

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

As nouns, expose is a hyponym of exposure; that is, expose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than exposure:

exposure: the disclosure of something secret
expose: the exposure of an impostor or a fraud

Other hyponyms of exposure include unmasking, muckraking.

exposure (noun)	expose (noun)
abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)	the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
the act of exposing film to light
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

exposure (verb)	expose (verb)
	abandon by leaving out in the open air
	expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
	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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