swank vs expose

expose vs swank

swank and expose both are nouns.

swank is an adjective but expose is not an adjective.

swank and expose both are verbs.

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

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

swank: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
expose: to show, make visible or apparent

Other hypernyms of swank include display, exhibit.

swank (noun)	expose (noun)
elegance by virtue of being fashionable	the exposure of an impostor or a fraud

swank (adjective)	expose (adjective)
imposingly fashionable and elegant

swank (verb)	expose (verb)
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously	abandon by leaving out in the open air
	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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