rib vs expose

rib and expose both are nouns.

rib and expose both are verbs.

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

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

rib: subject to laughter or ridicule
expose: expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas

Other hyponyms of rib include tease, lampoon, satirise, satirize, debunk, stultify.

rib (noun)	expose (noun)
support resembling the rib of an animal	the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural
any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
a teasing remark
cut of meat including one or more ribs

rib (verb)	expose (verb)
subject to laughter or ridicule	abandon by leaving out in the open air
form vertical ribs by knitting	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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