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exposure vs windage

windage vs exposure

exposure and windage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
exposure Yes No No No
windage Yes No No No
As nouns, windage is a hyponym of exposure; that is, windage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than exposure:
  • exposure: vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
  • windage: exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)
Other hyponyms of exposure include wind exposure, solarisation, solarization.
exposure (noun) windage (noun)
abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open) the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind
the act of exposing film to light exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)
presentation to view in an open or public manner the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun
the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience the retarding force of air friction on a moving object
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
Difference between exposure and windage

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