pillory vs expose

expose vs pillory

pillory and expose both are nouns.

pillory and expose both are verbs.

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

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

pillory: expose to ridicule or public scorn
expose: to show, make visible or apparent

Other hypernyms of pillory include display, exhibit.

pillory (noun)	expose (noun)
a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn	the exposure of an impostor or a fraud

pillory (verb)	expose (verb)
criticize harshly or violently	abandon by leaving out in the open air
punish by putting in a pillory	expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
expose to ridicule or public scorn	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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