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flash vs expose

expose vs flash

flash and expose both are nouns.

flash is an adjective but expose is not an adjective.

flash and expose both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
flash Yes Yes Yes No
expose Yes No Yes No
As verbs, expose is a hypernym of flash; that is, expose is a word with a broader meaning than flash:
  • flash: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
  • expose: to show, make visible or apparent
Other hypernyms of flash include display, exhibit.
flash (noun) expose (noun)
a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification
a momentary brightness
a sudden brilliant understanding
a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
a gaudy outward display
a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
a short vivid experience
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
flash (adjective) expose (adjective)
tastelessly showy
flash (verb) expose (verb)
appear briefly abandon by leaving out in the open air
emit a brief burst of light expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
make known or cause to appear with great speed make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
run or move very quickly or hastily remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
gleam or glow intermittently to show, make visible or apparent
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously expose to light, of photographic film
expose or show briefly expose or make accessible to some action or influence
reveal to view as by removing a cover
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