leak vs expose

leak and expose both are nouns.

leak and expose both are verbs.

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

As verbs, expose is a hypernym of leak; that is, expose is a word with a broader meaning than leak:

leak: tell anonymously
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

Other hypernyms of leak include break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap.

leak (noun)	expose (noun)
unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information	the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
the discharge of a fluid from some container
an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
a euphemism for urination
soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi

leak (verb)	expose (verb)
have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out	abandon by leaving out in the open air
enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure	expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
tell anonymously	make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
be leaked	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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